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vṛddhis

vṛddhis is the plural of vṛddhi.

Meaning of vṛddhi

Noun

vṛddhi (countable and uncountable, plural vṛddhis)

  1. The strongest ablaut-grade in a series of vowel alternations in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Sanskrit, as well as in Proto-Indo-European.
    • Sometimes a vrddhi-derivative was formed from a zero-grade and involved the insertion of the full-grade vowel in the “wrong” place.2004, Benjamin Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture, Blackwell 2004, page 117

Questions about vṛddhis

What is vṛddhis the plural of?
Vṛddhis is the plural of vṛddhi.

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