दगड

Marathi

दगड

Alternative forms

• डगर (ḍagar) — East Indian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘟𑘐𑘚 (dagaḍa), probably borrowed from Middle Kannada ದಕ್ಕಡ (dakkaḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɡəɖ/, /d̪ə.ɡəɽ/

Noun

दगड • (dagaḍ) m

1. stone

   Synonyms: धोंडा (dhoṇḍā), शिला (śilā), शिळा (śiḷā)

Usage notes

This word is a member of a class of related words used to express with contempt that an object or a person has no worth. Other words in this class include: दगडमाती (dagaḍmātī), धोंडा (dhoṇḍā), माती (mātī), शेण (śeṇ), झ्याट (jhyāṭ), कपाळ (kapāḷ).

त्याला काय येतं…दगड!

tyālā kāy yetam…dagaḍ!

He can't do anything!

(literally, “What comes to him …stone!”)

Declension

Declension of दगड (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	दगड dagaḍ
direct plural	दगड dagaḍ
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	दगड dagaḍ		दगड dagaḍ
oblique सामान्यरूप	दगडा dagaḍā		दगडां- dagaḍān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	दगडाला dagaḍālā		दगडांना dagaḍānnā
ergative	दगडाने, दगडानं dagaḍāne, dagaḍāna		दगडांनी dagaḍānnī
instrumental	दगडाशी dagaḍāśī		दगडांशी dagaḍānśī
locative सप्तमी	दगडात dagaḍāt		दगडांत dagaḍāt
vocative संबोधन	दगडा dagaḍā		दगडांनो dagaḍānno
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 दगड (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	दगडाचा dagaḍāċā	दगडाचे dagaḍāċe	दगडाची dagaḍācī	दगडाच्या dagaḍācā	दगडाचे, दगडाचं dagaḍāċe, dagaḍāċa	दगडाची dagaḍācī	दगडाच्या dagaḍācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	दगडांचा dagaḍānċā	दगडांचे dagaḍānċe	दगडांची dagaḍāñcī	दगडांच्या dagaḍāncā	दगडांचे, दगडांचं dagaḍānċe, dagaḍānċa	दगडांची dagaḍāñcī	दगडांच्या dagaḍāñcā
* 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.

Derived terms

• दगडी (dagḍī, “something made of stone”) (adjective)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: દગડ (dagaḍ)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दगड”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दगड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दगड”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.