stem model f_I and declension

funderburkjim commented 6 years ago

feminine nouns ending in 'I'

This list is derived from lexnorm-all2 by the simple filter: a) key1 ends in long vowel 'I' b) lexnorm is precisely 'f' or 'f#I'

Note: there are only a handful of cases with lexnorm 'f#I'. For a noun ending in I, this specification of lexnorm is merely an alternate of 'f' .

As in #4, this excludes some adjectives and other nominals ending in 'a', namely those with more complex normalized lexnorm values, such as 'm:f#I:n'; in fact there are 2700 of these, such as aMsaBArika. As we will see when considering 'm:f#I:n' for a citation Xa ending in 'a', the feminine stem is implied to be XI. The

There are 8246 distinct such cases, listed in file nominals/inputs/f_i1.txt.

funderburkjim commented 6 years ago

endings for f_I model

The endings used for the f_I declension algorithm are:

Case	S	D	P
Nominative	I	yO	yaH
Accusative	Im	yO	IH
Instrumental	yA	IByAm	IBiH
Dative	yE	IByAm	IByaH
Ablative	yAH	IByAm	IByaH
Genitive	yAH	yoH	InAm
Locative	yAm	yoH	Izu
Vocative	i	yO	yaH

funderburkjim commented 6 years ago

Base for f_I model

We assume that the stem (last pada of key2) already ends in 'I'. The base then is formed by removing the final 'I'.

For example, the base for 'nadI' is nad.

funderburkjim commented 6 years ago

f_I declension algorithm

The declension algorithm for feminine nouns ending in 'I' is procedurally the same as that for masculine nouns ending in 'a', with the exception of using the f_I endings.

Here is a summary of the procedure.

Start with key2.
If there are '-' characters in key2, represent key2 as H-X, where X is the last 'pada' and H is the head, with any additional '-' characters removed. If there are no '-' characters in key2, set H = '' (empty string) and X = key2.
construct the stem from X by removing the last character, which is an 'I'. i.e., represent X as YI, where 'Y' is the base.
for each cell of the 24 declension cells, let E be the ending for that cell
- concatenate the base with the ending: Z = YE
- apply nR sandhi to Z, resulting in W.
- concatenate H with W. This is the declension of key2 for the given cell

funderburkjim commented 6 years ago

example nadI

Note that nR sandhi has no application in this example.

Case	S	D	P
Nominative	nad + I = nadI	nad + yO = nadyO	nad + yaH = nadyaH
Accusative	nad + Im = nadIm	nad + yO = nadyO	nad + IH = nadIH
Instrumental	nad + yA = nadyA	nad + IByAm = nadIByAm	nad + IBiH = nadIBiH
Dative	nad + yE = nadyE	nad + IByAm = nadIByAm	nad + IByaH = nadIByaH
Ablative	nad + yAH = nadyAH	nad + IByAm = nadIByAm	nad + IByaH = nadIByaH
Genitive	nad + yAH = nadyAH	nad + yoH = nadyoH	nad + InAm = nadInAm
Locative	nad + yAm = nadyAm	nad + yoH = nadyoH	nad + Izu = nadIzu
Vocative	nad + i = nadi	nad + yO = nadyO	nad + yaH = nadyaH

funderburkjim commented 6 years ago

example puruzI

Note that nR sandhi plays a part in the Genitive plural form.

Case	S	D	P
Nominative	puruz + I = puruzI	puruz + yO = puruzyO	puruz + yaH = puruzyaH
Accusative	puruz + Im = puruzIm	puruz + yO = puruzyO	puruz + IH = puruzIH
Instrumental	puruz + yA = puruzyA	puruz + IByAm = puruzIByAm	puruz + IBiH = puruzIBiH
Dative	puruz + yE = puruzyE	puruz + IByAm = puruzIByAm	puruz + IByaH = puruzIByaH
Ablative	puruz + yAH = puruzyAH	puruz + IByAm = puruzIByAm	puruz + IByaH = puruzIByaH
Genitive	puruz + yAH = puruzyAH	puruz + yoH = puruzyoH	puruz + InAm = puruzInAm -> puruzIRAm
Locative	puruz + yAm = puruzyAm	puruz + yoH = puruzyoH	puruz + Izu = puruzIzu
Vocative	puruz + i = puruzi	puruz + yO = puruzyO	puruz + yaH = puruzyaH

funderburkjim commented 6 years ago

irregular declensions not handled yet

There appear to be numerous feminines ending in I whose declension has a few differences from the declension shown above. At least many of these are mentioned in Kale, p. 42ff. Some examples would be 'SrI', 'strI', 'lakzmI'.

My intention is to defer handling such words (and compounds ending in such words), using such sources as Kale and Huet. When such variances are handled, this will involve revisions to the current declensions.

I hope some others will contribute their insights.

drdhaval2785 commented 6 years ago

Ignore those irregulars till we are OK with regulars.

gasyoun commented 6 years ago

Ignore those irregulars till we are OK with regulars.

I can only agree. Jim, we will lose much more, the gain is too small.

funderburkjim commented 6 years ago

SUrpa-RaKA

Interesting how the 'meaning' is required, namely since the resulting compound of SUrpa + naKA is used as a proper name, then the final word SUrpaRaKA is constructed with nR sandhi.

An inference would be that if a speaker or writer happened to think of using a compound of SUrpa + naKA in some other way, such as a descriptive adjective of some third woman, then such a usage could legitimately construct the compound without nR sandhi, e.g. as SUrpanaKA !

Is this kind of inference accepted?

drdhaval2785 commented 6 years ago

Accepted.

drdhaval2785 commented 6 years ago

SUrpa-RaKA

But it seems that there is some confusion regarding the application of the rule in grammarians themselves. SUrpa-naKA -> SUrpa-RaKA is accepted. But raGu-nATa -> raGu-RATa is not accepted.

And not much explanation is given by the grammar treatises. Their explanation has circuitousness. They say that raGuRATa does not stand for anyone's name, so raGunATa remains.

So, the inference is that if there is formation of a proper name by nR sandhi, do it. Otherwise leave it. :)

gasyoun commented 6 years ago

So, the inference is that if there is formation of a proper name by nR sandhi, do it. Otherwise leave it. :)

Was not even aware of such fun.

drdhaval2785 commented 6 years ago

me too

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