अल

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Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably developed from earlier *ऋद् (ṛd) with vriddhi, apocope and lambdacism, and cognate with Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, arrowhead, spike).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

अल (ala) stemn

  1. the sting in the tail of a scorpion
  2. a certain poison
  3. yellow orpiment

Declension[edit]

Neuter a-stem declension of अल (ala)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अलम्
alam
अले
ale
अलानि / अला¹
alāni / alā¹
Vocative अल
ala
अले
ale
अलानि / अला¹
alāni / alā¹
Accusative अलम्
alam
अले
ale
अलानि / अला¹
alāni / alā¹
Instrumental अलेन
alena
अलाभ्याम्
alābhyām
अलैः / अलेभिः¹
alaiḥ / alebhiḥ¹
Dative अलाय
alāya
अलाभ्याम्
alābhyām
अलेभ्यः
alebhyaḥ
Ablative अलात्
alāt
अलाभ्याम्
alābhyām
अलेभ्यः
alebhyaḥ
Genitive अलस्य
alasya
अलयोः
alayoḥ
अलानाम्
alānām
Locative अले
ale
अलयोः
alayoḥ
अलेषु
aleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 16

Further reading[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93.
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अल”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016