தெளிவு
Tamil
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From தெளி (teḷi, “to clear, to filter”) + -வு (-vu). Cognate with Kannada ತಿಳಿ (tiḷi), Malayalam തെളിവ് (teḷivŭ) and Telugu తెలివి (telivi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]தெளிவு • (teḷivu)
- clarity, transparency, filtered
- brilliance, brilliance, clearness, strained
- conscious, waking state
- Synonym: நனவு (naṉavu)
- clearing, passing away, as of clouds, darkness, fear, sleep, etc.
- Synonym: நீக்கம் (nīkkam)
- knowledge, wisdom
- simple, perspicuity
- Synonym: எளிய (eḷiya)
Declension
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| nominative | தெளிவு teḷivu |
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| vocative | தெளிவே teḷivē |
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| accusative | தெளிவை teḷivai |
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| dative | தெளிவுக்கு teḷivukku |
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| benefactive | தெளிவுக்காக teḷivukkāka |
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| genitive 1 | தெளிவுடைய teḷivuṭaiya |
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| genitive 2 | தெளிவின் teḷiviṉ |
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| locative 1 | தெளிவில் teḷivil |
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| locative 2 | தெளிவிடம் teḷiviṭam |
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| sociative 1 | தெளிவோடு teḷivōṭu |
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| sociative 2 | தெளிவுடன் teḷivuṭaṉ |
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| instrumental | தெளிவால் teḷivāl |
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| ablative | தெளிவிலிருந்து teḷiviliruntu |
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Derived terms
[edit]- தெளிவான (teḷivāṉa)
References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936), “தெளிவு”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
- Johann Philipp Fabricius (1779), “தெளிவு”, in A Malabar and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House; republished as Tamil and English Dictionary, 1972