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Feminine Nouns

Feminine Nouns

Feminine Nouns ending in -i

     
1.nom bhūmi bhūmī
bhūmiyo
2.acc bhūmiṃ bhūmī
bhūmiyo
3.inst bhūmiyā bhūmīhi
4.dat bhūmiyā bhūmīnaṃ
5.abl bhūmiyā bhūmīhi
6.gen bhūmiyā bhūmīnaṃ
7.loc bhūmiyā
bhūmiyaṃ
bhūmisu
bhūmīsu
8.voc bhūmi bhūmī
bhūmiyo

Feminine Nouns ending in -ī

This is a common way of forming feminine versions of masculine nouns.

       
brahmaṇa Brahman brahmaṇī Brahman woman
sakha friend sakhī female friend
dāsa servant dāsī female servant
sakuṇa bird sakuṇī female bird
sīha lion sīhī lioness
kukkuṭa rooster kukkuṭī hen
deva king, god devī queen, goddess

this group also includes common feminine nouns like:

itthī (woman), pathavī (earth), bhaginī (sister) etc.

Declination of Feminine Nouns ending in -ī

     
1.nom kumārī kumārī
kumāriyo
2.acc kumāriṃ kumārī
kumāriyo
3.inst kumāriyā kumārīhi
4.dat kumāriyā kumārīnaṃ
5.abl kumāriyā kumārīhi
6.gen kumāriyā kumārīnaṃ
7.loc kumāriyā
kumāriyaṃ
kumārisu
kumārīsu
8.voc kumārī kumārī
kumāriyo

Feminine Nouns ending in -u

     
1.nom yāgu yāgū
yāguyo
2.acc yāguṃ yāgū
yāguyo
3.inst yāguyā yāgūhi
4.dat yāguyā yāgūnaṃ
5.abl yāguyā yāgūhi
6.gen yāguyā yāgūnaṃ
7.loc yāguyā
yāguyaṃ
yāgusu
yāgūsu
8.voc yāgu yāgū
yāguyo

the most common feminine noun in this group - dhātu

Feminine nouns mātu (mātar) and dhītu (dhītar)

These are irregular in form

     
1.nom mātā mātaro
2.acc mātaraṃ mātaro
3.inst mātarā
mātuyā
mātūhi
mātarehi
4.dat mātuyā
mātu
mātarānaṃ
mātānaṃ
mātūnaṃ
5.abl mātarā
mātuyā
mātūhi
mātarehi
6.gen mātuyā
mātu
mātarānaṃ
mātānaṃ
mātūnaṃ
7.loc mātari
mātuyā
mātaresu
8.voc māta
mātā
mātā
mātaro

Feminine Nouns ending in -ikā

A common way to create masculine nouns is with -aka suffix. The feminine version of this is -ikā. These nouns are declined like vedanā

       
dāyaka giver, donor dāyikā fem. giver
dāraka young boy dārikā young girl
dāyādaka heir dāyādikā heiress
kumāraka young boy kumārikā young girl
paricāraka attendant paricārikā fem. attendant
upāsaka lay devotee upāsikā fem. lay devotee
sāvaka disciple sāvikā fem. disciple
gāyaka singer gāyikā fem. singer

Feminine Nouns ending in -inī

Masculine nouns ending in having the feminine form of -inī. They are declined like kumarī.

       
hatthī elephant hatthinī fem. elephant
sāmī master sāminī mistress
musāvādī liar musāvādinī fem. liar
dīpī leopard dīpinī fem. leopard
esī seeker esinī fem. seeker
mantī minister mantinī fem. minister
sappī serpent sappinī fem. snake
tapassī ascetic tapassinī fem. ascetic

Feminine Nouns ending in -unī

Similar to the previous one. The most common example is bhikkhunī. It is declined like kumarī.

They are declined same as ī fem (like kumārī)