attanopada

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀦𑁄𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• अत्तनोपद (Devanagari script)
• অত্তনোপদ (Bengali script)
• අත‍්තනොපද (Sinhalese script)
• အတ္တနောပဒ or ဢတ္တၼေႃပၻ or ဢတ်တၼေႃပၻ (Burmese script)
• อตฺตโนปท or อัตตะโนปะทะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨲ᩠ᨲᨶᩮᩣᨷᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຕ຺ຕໂນປທ or ອັຕຕະໂນປະທະ (Lao script)
• អត្តនោបទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄚𑄮𑄛𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit आत्मनेपद (ātmanepada), composed as attano (“for oneself”) +‎ pada (“word”)

Noun

attanopada n

1. (grammar) middle ending
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पराणि छ तानि तानि अत्तनोपदानि होन्ति।

     Sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni parāṇi cha tāni tāni attanopadāni honti.

     Whatever are the other six of all the endings, they are the middle endings.

Declension

Declension table of "attanopada" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	attanopadaṃ	attanopadāni
Accusative (second)	attanopadaṃ	attanopadāni
Instrumental (third)	attanopadena	attanopadehi or attanopadebhi
Dative (fourth)	attanopadassa or attanopadāya or attanopadatthaṃ	attanopadānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	attanopadasmā or attanopadamhā or attanopadā	attanopadehi or attanopadebhi
Genitive (sixth)	attanopadassa	attanopadānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	attanopadasmiṃ or attanopadamhi or attanopade	attanopadesu
Vocative (calling)	attanopada	attanopadāni