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-क
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Hindi
Etymology
hi sa -क. hi -आ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
suf mhi diminutive suffixes
hi productive suffix _ only with Sanskrit loans a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
Derived terms
hi
Konkani
Etymology
kok
Suffix
suffix -k -k -ಕ
marks the accusative/dative case
Usage notes
Always appended to the oblique stem of the noun.
kok भाचो भाच्याक bhātsô bhātsyāk
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
sa diminutive suffix :inh inc-pro:*-kas<ety:inh<iir-pro:*-kas<id:deadjectival>>>
From sa iir-pro *-kas, from sa ine-pro *-kos. Compare sla-pro *-ъka for the diminutive sense.
Pronunciation
Suffix
m -का sa diminutive suffixes
sa diminutive a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
sa शश hare शशक rabbit little hare
sa पुत्र son पुत्रक little son putrá putraká
Usage notes
The suffix is most often accented when forming a diminutive.
Declension
Derived terms
sa diminutive
Descendants
hi -क 1 diminutive suffix
Suffix
n
sa neuter forms abstract or collective nouns
sa -का
sa मातृ मातृक mother the nature of a mother
sa वृद्ध वार्द्धक old old age; a multitude of old men
Declension
Derived terms
sa neuter
Suffix
sa adjectival forms adjectives from other parts of speech
sa अन्त॑ अन्त॑क end making an end
sa म॒नु॒ष्य॑ मानु॑ष्यक a man human
sa अनु॑ अनु॑क after following
sa एक॑ ए॒क॒क one single
sa अस्ति आस्तिक (there) is one who believes in the existence (of God)
specifically used to make a more manageable stem for bahuvrihi compounds
sa शत तन्त्री शततन्त्रीक hundred string hundred-stringed
sa pleonastic forms adjectives from other adjectives, often with no difference in meaning
sa ब॒द्ध बद्ध॑क
Declension
-kā
The feminine on sa -की is used with vṛddhi derivatives:
-kī 1 0
Derived terms
sa adjectival
sa pleonastic
Related terms
sa -अक
sa -इक
sa -उक
References
466-9 1222
Further reading
II.2 515-540 360-8