ऋषी

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾu.ʂi/, [ɾu.ʂiː]

Noun

ऋषी • (ŕṣī) m

1. rishi, sage

   ऋषी वशिष्ठ सप्तरिशीन मधील एक आहेत।

   ŕṣī vaśiṣṭha saptariśīn madhīl ek āheta.

   Rishi Vashishta is one of the Saptarishis.

Proper noun

ऋषी • (ŕṣī) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rishi

Declension

Declension of ऋषी (masc ī-stem)
direct singular	ऋषी ŕṣī
direct plural	ऋषी ŕṣī
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	ऋषी ŕṣī		ऋषी ŕṣī
oblique सामान्यरूप	ऋषी ŕṣī		ऋषीं- ŕṣīn-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	ऋषीला ŕṣīlā		ऋषींना ŕṣīnnā
ergative	ऋषीने, ऋषीनं ŕṣīne, ŕṣīna		ऋषींनी ŕṣīnnī
instrumental	ऋषीशी ŕṣīśī		ऋषींशी ŕṣīnśī
locative सप्तमी	ऋषीत ŕṣīt		ऋषींत ŕṣīt
vocative संबोधन	ऋषी ŕṣī		ऋषींनो ŕṣīnno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of ऋषी (masc ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	ऋषीचा ŕṣīċā	ऋषीचे ŕṣīċe	ऋषीची ŕṣīcī	ऋषीच्या ŕṣīcā	ऋषीचे, ऋषीचं ŕṣīċe, ŕṣīċa	ऋषीची ŕṣīcī	ऋषीच्या ŕṣīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	ऋषींचा ŕṣīnċā	ऋषींचे ŕṣīnċe	ऋषींची ŕṣīñcī	ऋषींच्या ŕṣīncā	ऋषींचे, ऋषींचं ŕṣīnċe, ŕṣīnċa	ऋषींची ŕṣīñcī	ऋषींच्या ŕṣīñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “ऋषी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies