deriv LSK ETT STT aSTA ALPH OLDHOMEPAGE NEWHOMEPAGE

@adverbial

Some nouns, mostly of the adjective sort of nouns, show HOW the action of the verb happens. Example —

azvo dravati अश्वो द्रवति "horse runs"

zIghro 'zvaH शीघ्रो ऽश्वः "horse is quick" ← word "zIgraH शीग्रः" describes the horse

zIghram azvo dravati शीघ्रमश्वो द्रवति "horse runs quickly" ← word "zIgram शीग्रम्" describes the action of running, it has adverbial value

Such a noun that shows "in what way" will sometimes be neuter and have second singular ending. Such a noun is called an adverbial.

However, descriptives that show "in what way" are often not given that neuter ending, but instead linked to a noun in the sentence.

Example.

If someone translated a verse of the rAmAyaNa as "the mighty hanumAn हनुमान् threw a rock to the demon and the smart demon dodged", you can be sure that (A) hanumAn threw the rock WITH STRENGTH and the demon dodged SMARTLY" (B) the original does not have that neuter acusative endings on the adjectives. Instead, "strong" has the same ending as hanumAn and "smart" has the same ending as "demon", making the original look as if "strong hanumAn" and "smart demon" were meant.