Modern Hindi Grammar - Indian Institute of Language Studies (IILS)

3. MORPHOLOGY

• ta -ta:
  maUK- mu:rkh stupid maUK-ta mu:rkhta: stupidity
  piva~ pavitr pure piva~ta pavitarta: purity
  ivaSaoYa višeš special ivaSaoYata višešta: specialty
  ivaSaala viša:l large ivaSaalata viša:lta: largeness
  sauMdr sundar beauty sauMdrta sundarta: beautiful
  samaana sama:n equal samaanata sama:nta: equality
  gaMBaIr gambhi:r serious gaMBaIrta gambhi:rta: seriousness


• pna -pan
  kccaa kacca: raw kccaapna kacca:pan rawness
  kmaInaa kami:na: mean kmaInaapna kami:na:pan meanness
  pagala pa:gal mad pagalapna pa:galpan madness


• Aa[- -a:i:
  caZ, carh climb caZ,a[- carha:i: climbing
  pZ, parh study pZ,a[- parha:i: studies
  kmaa kama: earn kmaa[- kama:i: earning
  sauna sun listen saunaa[- suna:i: hearing


• [yat -iyat
  AsalaI asli: real Asailayat asliyat reality
  Kasa xa:s special Kaisayat xa:siyat specialty


• Aasa -a:s
  maIzaa mi:tha: sweet imazasa mitha:s sweetness

3.1.3.3. Nouns from Verbs

The suffix -naa -na: is used to derive gerundive nouns from verb
stems. The suffixes -Asa -as, -Ana -an, -[- -i:, -vat -vat, and - 2 are also
used to derive abstract nouns from verb stems.

• naa -na:
  Aa a: come Aanaa a:na: coming
  laa la: bring laanaa la:na: bringing
  ilaK likh write ilaKnaa likhna: writing
  pZ, parh read pZ,naa parhna: reading