कैँथ्

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कपित्थ (kapittha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कैंथ्

Noun

कैँथ् • (ka͠ith)

1. wood apple Feronia elephantum (syn. of Limonia acidissima)

Declension

Declension of कैँथ्
	Singular	Plural
nominative	कैँथ् [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰ]	कैँथ्हरू [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰɦʌɾu]
accusative	कैँथ्लाई [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰläi]	कैँथ्हरूलाई [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	कैँथ्ले [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰle]	कैँथ्हरूले [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰɦʌɾule]
dative	कैँथ्लाई [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰläi]	कैँथ्हरूलाई [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	कैँथ्बाट [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰ̚bäʈʌ]	कैँथ्हरूबाट [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	कैँथ्को [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰ̚ko]	कैँथ्हरूको [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰɦʌɾuko]
locative	कैँथ्मा [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰmä]	कैँथ्हरूमा [kʌ̃ĩ̯t̪ʰɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

• Schmidt, Turner (2022) “कैँथ्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Nepali Dictionaries]