महाकवि
Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]महत् (mahat, “great”) + कवि (kavi, “poet”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]महाकवि • (mahākavi) stem, m
- great poet, classical poet
- name of Śukra (Cat.)
Declension
[edit]| Masculine i-stem declension of महाकवि | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | महाकविः (mahākaviḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | महाकवेः (mahākaveḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | महाकविः (mahākaviḥ) | महाकवी (mahākavī) | महाकवयः (mahākavayaḥ) |
| Vocative | महाकवे (mahākave) | महाकवी (mahākavī) | महाकवयः (mahākavayaḥ) |
| Accusative | महाकविम् (mahākavim) | महाकवी (mahākavī) | महाकवीन् (mahākavīn) |
| Instrumental | महाकविना (mahākavinā) | महाकविभ्याम् (mahākavibhyām) | महाकविभिः (mahākavibhiḥ) |
| Dative | महाकवये (mahākavaye) | महाकविभ्याम् (mahākavibhyām) | महाकविभ्यः (mahākavibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | महाकवेः (mahākaveḥ) | महाकविभ्याम् (mahākavibhyām) | महाकविभ्यः (mahākavibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | महाकवेः (mahākaveḥ) | महाकव्योः (mahākavyoḥ) | महाकवीनाम् (mahākavīnām) |
| Locative | महाकवौ (mahākavau) | महाकव्योः (mahākavyoḥ) | महाकविषु (mahākaviṣu) |
Descendants
[edit]- Tamil: மகாகவி (makākavi)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “महाकवि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0795.