Nominal Inflection
Marathi is a highly inflected language, like the ancient Indo-European languages such as its ancestor Sanskrit. While English uses prepositions, in Marathi, such functions are indicated through the use of case-suffixes. These are referred to as vibhaktii pratyay विभक्ति प्रत्यय. There are eight such vibhaktii विभक्ति in Marathi. The form of the original word changes when such a suffix is to be attached to the word, and the new, modified root is referred to as saamaanya ruup of the original word. For example, the word ghodaa घोडा ("horse") gets transformed into ghodyaa- घोड्या when the suffix -var वर ("on") is attached to it to form ghodyaavar घोड्यावर ("on the horse"). The nominal suffixes are tabulated below.
| single | plural | Vibhkati |
|---|---|---|
| none | Aa | prathama |
| Sa,la,te | Sa,la,na,te | dwitya |
| ni e,shi | ni, hi,e,shi | tritya |
| sa la te | Sa ,la, na, te | chaturthi |
| un ,hun | un,hun | Panchami |
| cha, chi, che | che,chya, chi | Shashthi |
| ta, i,Aa | ta,ee, aa | Saptami |
| no | Sambhodan |
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