deriv LSK ETT STT aSTA ALPH OLDHOMEPAGE NEWHOMEPAGE

@first by default

Sanskrit nouns take first ending when there is no reason for them to have any other ending.

Example.

The sentence

Amram admi आम्रमद्मि "I'll eat the mango"

is affected by a grammar rule that says that the word meaning what you eat takes second ending. But in the sentence —

kukkuTy atti कुक्कुट्यत्ति "the hen is eating"

The hen gets first ending, but no rule teaches that. It just gets first because no rule says it should get any other ending.

The exception to that are the rules —

prAtipadik... "use first ending when meaning there is"

sambodhaneca "use first ending when calling someone"