ചെള്ള്
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Malayalam
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tamil தெள்ளு (teḷḷu).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ചെള്ള് • (ceḷḷŭ)
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- flea; A small blood-sucking wingless insect belonging to the order Siphonaptera.
Declension
[edit]Declension of ചെള്ള് | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | ചെള്ള് (ceḷḷŭ) | ചെള്ളുകൾ (ceḷḷukaḷ) |
Vocative | ചെള്ളേ (ceḷḷē) | ചെള്ളുകളേ (ceḷḷukaḷē) |
Accusative | ചെള്ളിനെ (ceḷḷine) | ചെള്ളുകളെ (ceḷḷukaḷe) |
Dative | ചെള്ളിന് (ceḷḷinŭ) | ചെള്ളുകൾക്ക് (ceḷḷukaḷkkŭ) |
Genitive | ചെള്ളിന്റെ (ceḷḷinṟe) | ചെള്ളുകളുടെ (ceḷḷukaḷuṭe) |
Locative | ചെള്ളിൽ (ceḷḷil) | ചെള്ളുകളിൽ (ceḷḷukaḷil) |
Sociative | ചെള്ളിനോട് (ceḷḷinōṭŭ) | ചെള്ളുകളോട് (ceḷḷukaḷōṭŭ) |
Instrumental | ചെള്ളിനാൽ (ceḷḷināl) | ചെള്ളുകളാൽ (ceḷḷukaḷāl) |
Derived terms
[edit]- കരിഞ്ചെള്ള് (kariñceḷḷŭ)
- ചെള്ളുകുത്ത് (ceḷḷukuttŭ)
References
[edit]- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ചെള്ളു”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ചെള്ള്”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ceḷḷu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/52365/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D