Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.

ṛ-stem with strong ar · nṛ (m.)

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.

man · masculine

ṛ-stem with strong ar · nṛ (m.)
CasesSingularDualPlural
Nominative
nā · ना Model form
the man
narau · नरौ Model form
the two men
naraḥ · नरः Model form
the men
Accusative
naram · नरम् Model form
the man
narau · नरौ Model form
the two men
nṝn · नॄन् Model form
the men
Instrumental
nrā · न्रा Model form
with the man
nṛbhyām · नृभ्याम् Model form
with the two men
nṛbhiḥ · नृभिः
with the men
Dative
nre · न्रे Model form
for the man
nṛbhyām · नृभ्याम् Model form
for the two men
nṛbhyaḥ · नृभ्यः Model form
for the men
Ablative
nuḥ · नुः Model form
from the man
nṛbhyām · नृभ्याम् Model form
from the two men
nṛbhyaḥ · नृभ्यः Model form
from the men
Genitive
nuḥ · नुः Model form
of the man
nroḥ · न्रोः Model form
of the two men
nṛṇām · नृणाम् Model form
nṝṇām · नॄणाम् Model form
of the men
Locative
nari · नरि Model form
at the man
nroḥ · न्रोः Model form
at the two men
nṛṣu · नृषु
at the men
Vocative
naḥ · नः Model form
O man
narau · नरौ Model form
O two men
naraḥ · नरः Model form
O men

nṛ belongs to the type with strong ar. The genitive plural permits nṛṇām and nṝṇām. Despite its single syllable, its accent follows the ṛ-type, as in nṛ́bhiḥ and nṛ́ṣu. The additional Vedic forms in §371h–i are kept outside this classical model.

Source: William Dwight Whitney: Sanskrit Grammar (1889), § 370–373

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