ādi
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "adi"
Etymology
Noun
ādi
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "ādi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
ādi m
- beginnings, origin
- (list): and so on; from
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ, page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- ते च खो अक्खरापि अकारादयो एकचत्तालीसं सुत्तन्तेसु सोपकारा होन्ति, तं यथा :-
- Te ca kho akkharāpi akārādayo ekacattālīsaṃ suttantesu sopakārā honti, taṃ yathā :-
- And indeed as to the letters , there are forty one employed in the discourses; starting with 'a', they are:
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ, page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।
- Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.
- There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'
Usage notes
When abbreviating a list, one or two items and ādi are combined to form a bahuvrihi in the plural. A section of a list may be delimited by also giving the end of the list, commonly by a bahuvrihi compounded from anta. This bahuvrihi may also be used to qualify a singular noun, in which case it will itself be in the singular.
Declension
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | ādi | ādayo or ādī |
| Accusative (second) | ādiṃ | ādayo or ādī |
| Instrumental (third) | ādinā | ādīhi or ādībhi |
| Dative (fourth) | ādissa or ādino | ādīnaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | ādismā or ādimhā | ādīhi or ādībhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | ādissa or ādino | ādīnaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | ādismiṃ or ādimhi | ādīsu |
| Vocative (calling) | ādi | ādayo or ādī |
Declension table of "ādi" (masculine)
As the final element in a bahuvrihi, the nominative, vocative and accusative plural neuter is ādīni.
Adjective
ādi
Adverb
ādi
Descendants
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ādi”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
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