Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.

i-stem · dadhi (n.)

Compare the forms by case and number. The notes explain variants and special features; you can practise these forms in the matching game.

Notes on the forms

The forms follow Whitney’s Sanskrit Grammar. At the end of a word spoken on its own, ḥ represents final s or r; āi and āu appear as ai and au. You can show word accents in the Latin transliteration (IAST). Forms labelled as models follow the formation rules. The game uses the filled cells.

curds · neuter

i-stem · dadhi (n.)
CasesSingularDualPlural
Nominative
dadhi · दधि Model form
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dadhinī · दधिनी Model form
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dadhīni · दधीनि Model form
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Accusative
dadhi · दधि Model form
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dadhinī · दधिनी Model form
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dadhīni · दधीनि Model form
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Instrumental
dadhnā · दध्ना Model form
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dadhibhyām · दधिभ्याम् Model form
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dadhibhiḥ · दधिभिः Model form
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Dative
dadhne · दध्ने Model form
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dadhibhyām · दधिभ्याम् Model form
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dadhibhyaḥ · दधिभ्यः Model form
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Ablative
dadhnaḥ · दध्नः
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dadhibhyām · दधिभ्याम् Model form
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dadhibhyaḥ · दधिभ्यः Model form
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Genitive
dadhnaḥ · दध्नः
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dadhnoḥ · दध्नोः Model form
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dadhnām · दध्नाम् Model form
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Locative
dadhni · दध्नि Model form
dadhani · दधनि Model form
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dadhnoḥ · दध्नोः Model form
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dadhiṣu · दधिषु Model form
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Vocative
dadhi · दधि Model form
dadhe · दधे Model form
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dadhinī · दधिनी Model form
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dadhīni · दधीनि Model form
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This model represents dadhi, asthi (bone), sakthi (thigh) and akṣi (eye). The weakest cases come from the an-stem; the others come from the i-stem. Whitney gives examples such as asthne, sakthni/sakthani and akṣṇā. The n is retroflex ṇ after akṣ-.

Source: William Dwight Whitney: Sanskrit Grammar (1889), § 343i; 431; 421–424; 339

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