Grammar Chapter 14 – Compound types Flashcards
1
Q
Tatpuruṣa
A
Dependent determinative
e.g मही-पतिः ‘earth-ruler’
(gunfight, tree house)
तत्पुरुष = his servant
2
Q
Karmadhāraya
A
Descriptive detemrinative:
“a Y that is X / like X”
महा-राजः ‘great king’
(blackbird)
कर्मधारय - ‘action carrying’
3
Q
Bahuvrīhi
A
Possessive:
X-Y = ‘whose Y is X’
e.g. महा-मुख- ‘great-mouthed’
(barefoot)
बहु-व्रीहि = ‘much-rice-d’
4
Q
Dvandva
A
Co-ordinative: X-Y = ‘X and Y’
सूर्य-चन्द्रौ ‘sun and moon’
(~ bitter-sweet)
द्वन्द्व = 2+2
5
Q
Aluksamāsa
A
Tatpuruṣa with declined first component
e.g. परं-तपः, दास्याः-पुत्रः
(children’s roundabout)
अ-लुक्-समास = no-luk-compound (luk = absense of case ending)
