-आव
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly a deverbal of the causative suffix -आना (-ānā), which, in Old Hindi, had a -v- in many forms, like the Old Hindi -आवै (-āvai, first-person), from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺 (-āvedi) (compare Marathi -आवणे (-āvṇe)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-आव • (-āv)
- forms abstract nouns from adjectives, or nouns referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description; -ity
- forms abstract nouns from verbs, or nouns referring to someone or something that conforms to the verb's description
Declension[edit]
Declension of -आव (masc cons-stem)