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Definition 2024
सखि
सखि
Sanskrit
Noun
सखि • (sákhi) m
- a friend, assistant, companion
- the husband of the wife's sister, brother-in-law
Declension
| Irregular masculine i-stem declension | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | सखा (sakhā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | सख्युः (sakhyuḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सखा (sakhā) | सखायौ (sakhāyau) | सखयः (sakhayaḥ) |
| Vocative | सखे (sakhe) | सखायौ (sakhāyau) | सखयः (sakhayaḥ) |
| Accusative | सखायम् (sakhāyam) | सखायौ (sakhāyau) | सखीन् (sakhīn) |
| Instrumental | सख्या (sakhyā) | सखिभ्याम् (sakhibhyām) | सखिभिः (sakhibhiḥ) |
| Dative | सख्ये (sakhye) | सखिभ्याम् (sakhibhyām) | सखिभ्यः (sakhibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | सख्युः (sakhyuḥ) | सखिभ्याम् (sakhibhyām) | सखिभ्यः (sakhibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | सख्युः (sakhyuḥ) | सख्योः (sakhyoḥ) | सखीनाम् (sakhīnām) |
| Locative | सख्यौ (sakhyau) | सख्योः (sakhyoḥ) | सखिषु (sakhiṣu) |
Usage notes
This noun has for the five strong cases a peculiarly strengthened base (vrddhied), namely sákhāy, which in the nominative singular is reduced to sákhā (without ending), and in the other cases takes the normal endings. The instrumental and dative singular have the normal endings simply, without inserted n or guṇa; the ablative-genitive singular adds -us; and the locative singular adds -au: the rest exhibits normal endings of the paradigm.
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1130