makāra
Pali
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Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Sanskrit मकार (makāra). By surface analysis, translingual ම (the letter) + kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.
Noun
[edit]makāra m
- the letter 'm'
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 285; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- गमु इच्चेदस्स धातुस्स अन्तो मकारो च्छो होति वा सब्बासु पच्चयविभत्तीसु।
- Gamu[ ]iccetassa dhātussa anto makāro ccho hoti vā sabbāsu paccayavibhattīsu.
- The final m of the root gamu is optionally changed into cch, if any suffix or verbal termination follows:
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "makāra" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | makāro | makārā |
| Accusative (second) | makāraṃ | makāre |
| Instrumental (third) | makārena | makārehi or makārebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | makārassa or makārāya or makāratthaṃ | makārānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | makārasmā or makāramhā or makārā | makārehi or makārebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | makārassa | makārānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | makārasmiṃ or makāramhi or makāre | makāresu |
| Vocative (calling) | makāra | makārā |