प्रत्यय

Hindi

प्रत्यय • (pratyay) m

Declension of प्रत्यय (masc cons-stem)

प्रति- (prati-, “towards”) +‎ अय (aya, “going”), the latter component from इ (i, “to go”).

प्रत्यय • (pratyaya) stem, m

belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, assurance or certainty of
proof, ascertainment
conception, assumption, notion, idea
(Buddhism, Jainism) fundamental notion or idea
consciousness, understanding, intelligence, intellect
analysis, solution, explanation, definition
ground, basis, motive or cause of anything
(Buddhism) a co-operating cause
the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its approximate cause
an ordeal
want, need
fame, notoriety
a subsequent sound or letter
an affix or suffix to roots (forming verbs, substantives, adjectives and all derivatives)
an oath
usage, custom
religious meditation
a dependent or subject
a householder who keeps a sacred fire

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रत्यय
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रत्ययः (pratyayaḥ)	प्रत्ययौ (pratyayau) प्रत्यया¹ (pratyayā¹)	प्रत्ययाः (pratyayāḥ) प्रत्ययासः¹ (pratyayāsaḥ¹)
vocative	प्रत्यय (pratyaya)	प्रत्ययौ (pratyayau) प्रत्यया¹ (pratyayā¹)	प्रत्ययाः (pratyayāḥ) प्रत्ययासः¹ (pratyayāsaḥ¹)
accusative	प्रत्ययम् (pratyayam)	प्रत्ययौ (pratyayau) प्रत्यया¹ (pratyayā¹)	प्रत्ययान् (pratyayān)
instrumental	प्रत्ययेन (pratyayena)	प्रत्ययाभ्याम् (pratyayābhyām)	प्रत्ययैः (pratyayaiḥ) प्रत्ययेभिः¹ (pratyayebhiḥ¹)
dative	प्रत्ययाय (pratyayāya)	प्रत्ययाभ्याम् (pratyayābhyām)	प्रत्ययेभ्यः (pratyayebhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रत्ययात् (pratyayāt)	प्रत्ययाभ्याम् (pratyayābhyām)	प्रत्ययेभ्यः (pratyayebhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रत्ययस्य (pratyayasya)	प्रत्यययोः (pratyayayoḥ)	प्रत्ययानाम् (pratyayānām)
locative	प्रत्यये (pratyaye)	प्रत्यययोः (pratyayayoḥ)	प्रत्ययेषु (pratyayeṣu)

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रत्यय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 673/3.