अस्थी

Marathi

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Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HástʰH

Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi)lbor.

Marathi अस्थी

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi). Displaced the Old Marathi 𑘁𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘲 (āstī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əs.t̪ʰi/, [əs.t̪ʰiː]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: अस्‧थी

Noun

अस्थी • (asthī) f

1. cremains, cremation ash
2. (literary or in compounds) bone

   Synonym: हाड (hāḍ)

Declension

Declension of अस्थी (fem ī-stem)

	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अस्थी asthī	अस्थ्या asthyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	अस्थी asthī	अस्थ्यां- asthyā̃
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अस्थीला asthīlā	अस्थ्यांना asthyānnā
ergative	अस्थीने, अस्थीनं asthīne, asthīna	अस्थ्यांनी asthyānnī
instrumental	अस्थीशी asthīśī	अस्थ्यांशी asthyāuśī
locative सप्तमी	अस्थीत asthīt	अस्थ्यांत asthyānta
vocative संबोधन	अस्थी asthī	अस्थ्यांनो asthyānno

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 अस्थी (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	अस्थीचा asthīcā	अस्थीचे asthīce	अस्थीची asthīcī	अस्थीच्या asthīcyā	अस्थीचे, अस्थीचं asthīce, asthīca	अस्थीची asthīcī	अस्थीच्या asthīcyā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अस्थ्यांचा asthyāñcā	अस्थ्यांचे asthyāñce	अस्थ्यांची asthyāñcī	अस्थ्यांच्या asthyāñcyā	अस्थ्यांचे, अस्थ्यांचं asthyāñce, asthyāñca	अस्थ्यांची asthyāñcī	अस्थ्यांच्या asthyāñcyā

^* 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.

Further reading

• Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “आस्ती”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan