𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (*rukkha), from Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣá) (compare रुक्ष (rukṣa), रूक्ष (rūkṣa)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wr̥ṭṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás. Doublet of 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙 (vaccha). Cognate with Pali rukkha.

Noun

𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (rukkha) m (Devanagari रुक्ख, Kannada ರುಕ್ಖ) (Maharastri)

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Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁄 (rukkho)	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rukkhā)
Accusative	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀁 (rukkhaṃ)	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂 (rukkhe) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rukkhā)
Instrumental	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀡 (rukkheṇa) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀡𑀁 (rukkheṇaṃ)	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀳𑀺 (rukkhehi) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (rukkhehiṃ)
Dative	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀅 (rukkhāa)	—
Ablative	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀑 (rukkhāo) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀉 (rukkhāu) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rukkhā) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀳𑀺 (rukkhāhi) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (rukkhāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁆𑀲 (rukkhassa)	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀡 (rukkhāṇa) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀁 (rukkhāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (rukkhammi) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂 (rukkhe)	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀲𑀼 (rukkhesu) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (rukkhesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (rukkha) or 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rukkhā)	𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (rukkhā)

Descendants

• Old Marathi: 𑘨𑘳𑘏 (rukha), 𑘨𑘳𑘽𑘏 (ruṃkha)

References

• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 112
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 4.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rukṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press