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-അവൾ
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Malayalam
Etymology
From ml അവൾ she. When used as a suffix, it combines with the relative participle of a verb to form a personal noun.
Suffix
ml suffix
she who; the woman who; the one (feminine) who...
Creates a feminine pronominal noun from a relative participle. Like its masculine counterpart, it can represent either the subject or the object of a sentence.
Syntactic Flexibility
The role of the person identified by -അവൾ depends on the sentence structure:
As Subject (The Doer):
ml പാട്ടു പാടിയവൾ എന്റെ കൂട്ടുകാരിയാണ്. The girl who sang (subject) the song is my friend.
ml എല്ലാം അറിഞ്ഞവൾ ഒന്നും പറഞ്ഞില്ല. She who knew (subject) everything said nothing.
As Object (The Receiver):
ml നീ വിളിച്ചവൾ വന്നില്ല. The woman [that] you called (object) did not come.
ml ഞാൻ കണ്ടവൾ സുന്ദരിയായിരുന്നു. The woman [that] I saw (object) was beautiful.
Related Suffixes
ml -അവൻ (masculine singular)
ml -അവർ (plural/honorific)
ml -അത് (neuter singular)
ml -അവ (neuter plural)