प्रत्यय

Hindi

प्रत्यय • (pratyay) m

Declension of प्रत्यय (masc cons-stem)

प्रति- (prati-, “towards”) +‎ अय (aya, “going”), the latter component from इ (i, “to go”).

प्रत्यय • (pratyaya) stem, m

belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, assurance or certainty of
proof, ascertainment
conception, assumption, notion, idea
(Buddhism, Jainism) fundamental notion or idea
consciousness, understanding, intelligence, intellect
analysis, solution, explanation, definition
ground, basis, motive or cause of anything
(Buddhism) a co-operating cause
the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its approximate cause
an ordeal
want, need
fame, notoriety
a subsequent sound or letter
an affix or suffix to roots (forming verbs, substantives, adjectives and all derivatives)
an oath
usage, custom
religious meditation
a dependent or subject
a householder who keeps a sacred fire

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रत्यय (pratyaya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रत्ययः pratyayaḥ	प्रत्ययौ / प्रत्यया¹ pratyayau / pratyayā¹	प्रत्ययाः / प्रत्ययासः¹ pratyayāḥ / pratyayāsaḥ¹
Vocative	प्रत्यय pratyaya	प्रत्ययौ / प्रत्यया¹ pratyayau / pratyayā¹	प्रत्ययाः / प्रत्ययासः¹ pratyayāḥ / pratyayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	प्रत्ययम् pratyayam	प्रत्ययौ / प्रत्यया¹ pratyayau / pratyayā¹	प्रत्ययान् pratyayān
Instrumental	प्रत्ययेन pratyayena	प्रत्ययाभ्याम् pratyayābhyām	प्रत्ययैः / प्रत्ययेभिः¹ pratyayaiḥ / pratyayebhiḥ¹
Dative	प्रत्ययाय pratyayāya	प्रत्ययाभ्याम् pratyayābhyām	प्रत्ययेभ्यः pratyayebhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रत्ययात् pratyayāt	प्रत्ययाभ्याम् pratyayābhyām	प्रत्ययेभ्यः pratyayebhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रत्ययस्य pratyayasya	प्रत्यययोः pratyayayoḥ	प्रत्ययानाम् pratyayānām
Locative	प्रत्यये pratyaye	प्रत्यययोः pratyayayoḥ	प्रत्ययेषु pratyayeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रत्यय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 673/3.