-इये

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -इयै (-iyai, indicative third-person present passive), from Sanskrit -यते (-yate), where the medial -y- is a genuine reflex of the Sanskrit -y-, possibly borrowed or reinserted at an earlier point. Compare the rarer Hindi -इयो (-iyo), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -इयौ (-iyau, imperative third-person present passive), and also Hindi -ईजिये (-ījiye), also from Sanskrit -यते (-yate) but where the -y- has undergone -(i)y- > -ijj- > -īj-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɪ.jeː/, [i.jeː]

Suffix

-इये • (-iye)

  1. suffix for present third-person singular or plural imperative; the imperative marker for आप (āp), the most respectful imperative marker

Alternative forms

References

  1. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 1
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