अर्धवट

Marathi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from अर्ध (ardha) +‎ -वत् (-vat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɾ.d̪ʱə.ʋəʈ/

Adjective

अर्धवट • (ardhavaṭ) (indeclinable)

1. half, partial, incomplete

   Synonyms: अपूर्ण (apūrṇa), अपूरे (apūre)

Noun

अर्धवट • (ardhavaṭ) m

1. (derogatory) dimwit, fool

   Synonym: मूर्ख (mūrkha)

Declension

Declension of अर्धवट (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	अर्धवट ardhavaṭa
direct plural	अर्धवट ardhavaṭa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अर्धवट ardhavaṭa		अर्धवट ardhavaṭa
oblique सामान्यरूप	अर्धवटा ardhavaṭaā		अर्धवटां- ardhavaṭaān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अर्धवटाला ardhavaṭaālā		अर्धवटांना ardhavaṭaānnā
ergative	अर्धवटाने, अर्धवटानं ardhavaṭaāne, ardhavaṭaāna		अर्धवटांनी ardhavaṭaānnī
instrumental	अर्धवटाशी ardhavaṭaāśī		अर्धवटांशी ardhavaṭaānśī
locative सप्तमी	अर्धवटात ardhavaṭaāt		अर्धवटांत ardhavaṭaāt
vocative संबोधन	अर्धवटा ardhavaṭaā		अर्धवटांनो ardhavaṭaānno
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 अर्धवट (masc cons-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	अर्धवटाचा ardhavaṭaāċā	अर्धवटाचे ardhavaṭaāċe	अर्धवटाची ardhavaṭaācī	अर्धवटाच्या ardhavaṭaācā	अर्धवटाचे, अर्धवटाचं ardhavaṭaāċe, ardhavaṭaāċa	अर्धवटाची ardhavaṭaācī	अर्धवटाच्या ardhavaṭaācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अर्धवटांचा ardhavaṭaānċā	अर्धवटांचे ardhavaṭaānċe	अर्धवटांची ardhavaṭaāñcī	अर्धवटांच्या ardhavaṭaāncā	अर्धवटांचे, अर्धवटांचं ardhavaṭaānċe, ardhavaṭaānċa	अर्धवटांची ardhavaṭaāñcī	अर्धवटांच्या ardhavaṭaāñcā
* 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

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अर्धवट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अर्धवट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press