Masculine nouns ending in -ī

Masculine nouns ending in -ī

A large group of nouns is formed by adding the ī ending.

This is identical to the -in ending in Sanskrit. In the PED dictionary, you will find all these nouns listed with an -in ending, but declined exactly the same.

Many of these agent nouns can also be used as adjectives.

hattha	hand	hatthī	has a hand	elephant
bhoga	wealth	bhogī	has wealth	wealthy person
bhoga	pleasure	bhogī	has pleasure	one who enjoys
sukha	ease	sukhī	has ease	happy one
gaṇa	group	gaṇī	has group	leader
nanda	pleasure	nandī	has pleasure	one who enjoys
pakkha	wings	pakkhī	has wings	bird
pāṇa	breath	pāṇī	has breath	living being
saññā	perception	saññī	has perception	sentient being
gaha	house	gihī	has house	householder
vasa	control	vasī	has control	master
bhāga	portion	bhāgī	has portion	shareholder
vāda	doctrine	vādī	has doctrine	adherent
dhamma	truth	dhammī	has truth	who righteous
macchara	stinginess	maccharī	has stinginess	who is a stingy
ottappa	regret	ottappī	has regret	who conscientious

Declension of -ī masc

1. nom	pakkhī	pakkhī pakkhino
2. acc	pakkhinaṃ pakkhiṃ	pakkhī pakkhino
3. instr	pakkhinā	pakkhīhi
4. dat	pakkhino pakkhissa	pakkhīnaṃ
5. abl	pakkhinā pakkhimhā	pakkhīhi
6. gen	pakkhino pakkhissa	pakkhīnaṃ
7. loc	pakkhini pakkhimhi pakkhismiṃ	pakkhīsu
8. voc	pakkhī	pakkhī pakkhino