-ईला

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (-illa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Ashokan Prakrit *-𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*-illa), which belongs to a class of adjectival suffixes that have been tied to Proto-Indo-European *-lós. Compare Nepali -इलो (-ilo), -ईलो (-īlo).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /iː.lɑː/, [iː.läː]

Suffix

-ईला • (-īlā)

1. forms adjectives from nouns

   ‎रस (ras, “juice”) + ‎-ईला (-īlā) → ‎रसीला (rasīlā, “juicy”)

   ‎ज़हर (zahar, “poison”) + ‎-ईला (-īlā) → ‎ज़हरीला (zahrīlā, “poisonous”)

Declension

Declension of -ईला (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	-ईला -īlā	-ईले -īle	-ईली -īlī	-ईली -īlī
oblique	-ईले -īle	-ईले -īle	-ईली -īlī	-ईली -īlī
vocative	-ईले -īle	-ईले -īle	-ईली -īlī	-ईली -īlī