अडचण

Marathi

Etymology

Derived from आड (āḍ, “in the way”). Cognate with Hindi अड़चन (aṛcan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɖ.t͡ɕəɳ/

Noun

अडचण • (aḍcaṇ) f

1. obstacle, difficulties, objections
2. crowdedness, confinedness, narrowness
3. (figuratively) circumstances (usually embarrassing or urgent)

Declension

Declension of अडचण (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	अडचणी aḍcaṇī
direct plural	अडचण्या aḍcaṇyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अडचणी aḍcaṇī		अडचण्या aḍcaṇyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	अडचणी aḍcaṇī		अडचण्यां- aḍcaṇyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अडचणीला aḍcaṇīlā		अडचण्यांना aḍcaṇyānnā
ergative	अडचणीने, अडचणीनं aḍcaṇīne, aḍcaṇīna		अडचण्यांनी aḍcaṇyānnī
instrumental	अडचणीशी aḍcaṇīśī		अडचण्यांशी aḍcaṇyānśī
locative सप्तमी	अडचणीत aḍcaṇīt		अडचण्यांत aḍcaṇyāt
vocative संबोधन	अडचणी aḍcaṇī		अडचण्यांनो aḍcaṇyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अडचण (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अडचणीचा aḍcaṇīċā	अडचणीचे aḍcaṇīċe	अडचणीची aḍcaṇīcī	अडचणीच्या aḍcaṇīcā	अडचणीचे, अडचणीचं aḍcaṇīċe, aḍcaṇīċa	अडचणीची aḍcaṇīcī	अडचणीच्या aḍcaṇīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अडचण्यांचा aḍcaṇyānċā	अडचण्यांचे aḍcaṇyānċe	अडचण्यांची aḍcaṇyāñcī	अडचण्यांच्या aḍcaṇyāncā	अडचण्यांचे, अडचण्यांचं aḍcaṇyānċe, aḍcaṇyānċa	अडचण्यांची aḍcaṇyāñcī	अडचण्यांच्या aḍcaṇyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अडचण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press