नळ

See also: नळी

Konkani

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate to Marathi नळ (naḷ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nəɭ]

Noun

नळ • (naḷ) (Latin script noll, Kannada script ನಳ್)

1. faucet, tap

Marathi

Etymology

पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): नळ m (naḷ)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): नळी f (naḷī)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəɭ̆/

Noun

नळ • (naḷ) m

1. tap (of water)

   Synonyms: चावी (ċāvī), तोटी (toṭī)

Declension

Declension of नळ (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	नळ naḷ
direct plural	नळ naḷ
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	नळ naḷ		नळ naḷ
oblique सामान्यरूप	नळा naḷā		नळां- naḷān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	नळाला naḷālā		नळांना naḷānnā
ergative	नळाने, नळानं naḷāne, naḷāna		नळांनी naḷānnī
instrumental	नळाशी naḷāśī		नळांशी naḷānśī
locative सप्तमी	नळात naḷāt		नळांत naḷāt
vocative संबोधन	नळा naḷā		नळांनो naḷānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of नळ (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	नळाचा naḷāċā	नळाचे naḷāċe	नळाची naḷācī	नळाच्या naḷācā	नळाचे, नळाचं naḷāċe, naḷāċa	नळाची naḷācī	नळाच्या naḷācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	नळांचा naḷānċā	नळांचे naḷānċe	नळांची naḷāñcī	नळांच्या naḷāncā	नळांचे, नळांचं naḷānċe, naḷānċa	नळांची naḷāñcī	नळांच्या naḷāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “नळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.