ivaṇṇa
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Pali
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Etymology
[edit]i (“the vowel sound /i/ or its letter”) + vaṇṇa (“vowel”), probably a calque of Sanskrit इवर्ण (ivarṇa), but note the subtly different meaning.
Noun
[edit]ivaṇṇa m
- vowel 'i' or 'ī' or its sound
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1], page 14; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- इवण्णो यं न वा॥१०॥
पुब्बो इवण्णो सरे परे यकारं पप्पोति न वा।पटिसन्थारवुत्यस्स; सब्बा वित्यनुभूयते।नवाति क्समा? पञ्चहङ्गेहि समन्नागतो; मुत्तचागी अनुद्धतो।- 10. Ivaṇṇo yaṃ na vā.
Pubbo ivaṇṇo sare pare yakāraṃ pappoti na vā. Paṭisunthāravutyassa; sabbā vityānubhūyate. Navāti kasmā? Pañcahaṅgehi samannāgato; muttacāgī anuddhato. - An i-vowel may become 'y'.
A preceding i-vowel next to another vowel may become a 'y'. (Exx:) Paṭisunthāravutyassa; sabbā vityānubhūyate. Why 'may'? (Counter-examples:) Pañcahaṅgehi samannāgato; muttacāgī anuddhato.
- 10. Ivaṇṇo yaṃ na vā.
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "ivaṇṇa" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | ivaṇṇo | ivaṇṇā |
Accusative (second) | ivaṇṇaṃ | ivaṇṇe |
Instrumental (third) | ivaṇṇena | ivaṇṇehi or ivaṇṇebhi |
Dative (fourth) | ivaṇṇassa or ivaṇṇāya or ivaṇṇatthaṃ | ivaṇṇānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | ivaṇṇasmā or ivaṇṇamhā or ivaṇṇā | ivaṇṇehi or ivaṇṇebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | ivaṇṇassa | ivaṇṇānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | ivaṇṇasmiṃ or ivaṇṇamhi or ivaṇṇe | ivaṇṇesu |
Vocative (calling) | ivaṇṇa | ivaṇṇā |