bahuvrihiadj.n.

/bahuːˈvriːhi/

Etymology: Sanskrit, lit. having much rice, < bahú much + vrīhí rice.

Grammar.

Of a word: composed of an adjective and a substantive so as to form, principally, a possessive adjective, like the word bahuvrihi itself; also gen., forming a compound that is a part of speech different from its head member; absol., such a compound.

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augmentative1641

polysynthetic1816

bahuvrihi1846

polysynthetical1846

agglutinating1847

agglutinative1847

agglomerative1854

parasynthetic1862

endocentric1933

unhyphenated1934

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > compounding > a compound > specific

augmentative1616

repetitive1810

bahuvrihi1846

dvandva compound1846

karmadharaya1846

tatpurusha1846

copulative compound1888

symphrase1893

synonym-compound1923

1846 M. Williams Elem. Gram. Sanscrit ix. 157 Native grammarians class compound nouns under five heads:..The 5th, Bahuvríhi, or those formed of any number of words associated to form an epithet to a noun.

1872 M. Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dict. p. xii When a student is in doubt whether to translate compounds like Indra-śatru as Bahuvrīhis or Tatpurushas.

1914 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. 148 In (bahuvrihi) compounds we have formal plurals denoting one single being and used as singulars, as in a sly-boots,..a lazybones.

1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. vi. 163 Possessive compounds (also called by the native Sanskrit grammatical term bahuvrīhi..) result, in the main, from the transformation of a compound noun into an adjective with the meaning ‘possessing (or possessed of) so-and-so’, e.g...Greek ῥοδοδάκτυλος ‘rose-fingered’, ἄ-παις ‘child-less’; Latin magnanimus ‘great-minded’,..and such English words as those just given as translations.

1944 Mod. Lang. Notes LIX. 525 Today we are witnessing a rebirth of the Bahuvrīhi type in..high-potency vitamins.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	bahuvrihi
释义	bahuvrihiadj.n. /bahuːˈvriːhi/ Etymology: Sanskrit, lit. having much rice, < bahú much + vrīhí rice. Grammar. Of a word: composed of an adjective and a substantive so as to form, principally, a possessive adjective, like the word bahuvrihi itself; also gen., forming a compound that is a part of speech different from its head member; absol., such a compound. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] > compound > specific types of compound or compounding augmentative1641 polysynthetic1816 bahuvrihi1846 polysynthetical1846 agglutinating1847 agglutinative1847 agglomerative1854 parasynthetic1862 endocentric1933 unhyphenated1934 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > compounding > a compound > specific augmentative1616 repetitive1810 bahuvrihi1846 dvandva compound1846 karmadharaya1846 tatpurusha1846 copulative compound1888 symphrase1893 synonym-compound1923 1846 M. Williams Elem. Gram. Sanscrit ix. 157 Native grammarians class compound nouns under five heads:..The 5th, Bahuvríhi, or those formed of any number of words associated to form an epithet to a noun. 1872 M. Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dict. p. xii When a student is in doubt whether to translate compounds like Indra-śatru as Bahuvrīhis or Tatpurushas. 1914 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. 148 In (bahuvrihi) compounds we have formal plurals denoting one single being and used as singulars, as in a sly-boots,..a lazybones. 1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. vi. 163 Possessive compounds (also called by the native Sanskrit grammatical term bahuvrīhi..) result, in the main, from the transformation of a compound noun into an adjective with the meaning ‘possessing (or possessed of) so-and-so’, e.g...Greek ῥοδοδάκτυλος ‘rose-fingered’, ἄ-παις ‘child-less’; Latin magnanimus ‘great-minded’,..and such English words as those just given as translations. 1944 Mod. Lang. Notes LIX. 525 Today we are witnessing a rebirth of the Bahuvrīhi type in..high-potency vitamins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1846
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