মেষশাবক

Bengali

Etymology

মেষ (meś) +‎ শাবক (śabok)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /meʃːabɔk/, [ˈmeʃːabɔk]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /meʃːabɔk/, [ˈmeʃːabɔk]

Noun

মেষশাবক • (meśśabok)

1. lamb, yearling

Declension

Inflection of মেষশাবক
nominative	মেষশাবক meśśabok
objective	মেষশাবককে meśśabok (semantically general or indefinite) / meśśabokke (semantically definite)
genitive	মেষশাবকের meśśaboker
	Indefinite forms
nominative	মেষশাবক meśśabok
objective	মেষশাবককে meśśabok (semantically general or indefinite) / meśśabokke (semantically definite)
genitive	মেষশাবকের meśśaboker
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	মেষশাবকটা, মেষশাবকটি meśśabokṭa (colloquial), meśśabokṭi (formal)		মেষশাবকেরা meśśabokera
objective	মেষশাবকটাকে, মেষশাবকটিকে meśśabokṭake (colloquial), meśśabokṭike (formal)		মেষশাবকদের(কে) meśśabokder(ke)
genitive	মেষশাবকটার, মেষশাবকটির meśśabokṭar (colloquial), meśśabokṭir (formal)		মেষশাবকদের meśśabokder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “মেষ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]