दगड
Marathi
Alternative forms
- डगर (ḍagar) — East Indian
Etymology
Inherited from Old MarathiCategory:Marathi terms inherited from Old Marathi#दगडCategory:Marathi terms derived from Old Marathi#दगड 𑘟𑘐𑘚 (dagaḍa), probably borrowed from Middle KannadaCategory:Marathi terms borrowed from Middle Kannada#दगडCategory:Marathi terms derived from Middle Kannada#दगड ದಕ್ಕಡ (dakkaḍa).
Pronunciation
Noun
दगड • (dagaḍ) mCategory:Marathi lemmas#दगडCategory:Marathi nouns#दगडCategory:Marathi nouns in Devanagari script#दगडCategory:Marathi entries with incorrect language header#दगडCategory:Marathi masculine nouns#दगडCategory:Pages with entries#दगडCategory:Pages with 1 entry#दगड
Usage notes
This word is a member of a class of related words used to express with contempt that an object or a person has no worth. Other words in this class include: दगडमाती (dagaḍmātī), धोंडा (dhoṇḍā), माती (mātī), शेण (śeṇ), झ्याट (jhyāṭ), कपाळ (kapāḷ).
- tyālā kāy yetam…dagaḍ!
- He can't do anything!
- (literally, “What comes to him …stone!”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | दगड dagaḍ |
दगड dagaḍ |
| oblique | दगडा1 dagḍā1 |
दगडां- dagḍā̃- |
| acc. / dative | दगडाला dagḍālā |
दगडांना dagḍā̃nā |
| ergative | दगडाने, दगडानं dagḍāne, dagḍāna |
दगडांनी dagḍā̃nī |
| instrumental | दगडाशी dagḍāśī |
दगडांशी dagḍā̃śī |
| locative | दगडात dagḍāt |
दगडांत dagḍā̃ta |
| vocative | दगडा dagḍā |
दगडांनो dagḍā̃no |
1The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| singular subject | दगडाचा dagḍāċā |
दगडाचे dagḍāċe |
दगडाची dagḍācī |
दगडाच्या dagḍācā |
दगडाचे, दगडाचं dagḍāċe, dagḍāċa |
दगडाची dagḍācī |
दगडाच्या1 dagḍācā1 |
| plural subject | दगडांचा dagḍā̃ċā |
दगडांचे dagḍā̃ċe |
दगडांची dagḍā̃cī |
दगडांच्या dagḍā̃cā |
दगडांचे, दगडांचं dagḍā̃ċe, dagḍā̃ċa |
दगडांची dagḍā̃cī |
दगडांच्या1 dagḍā̃cā1 |
1For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.
Derived terms
- दगडी (dagḍī, “something made of stone”) (adjective)
Descendants
- → Gujarati: દગડ (dagaḍ)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “दगड”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दगड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “दगड”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “दगड”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan