-ईला

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (-illa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Ashokan Prakrit *-𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*-illa), which belongs to a class of adjectival suffixes that have been tied to Proto-Indo-European *-lós. Compare Nepali -इलो (-ilo), -ईलो (-īlo).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /iː.lɑː/, [iː.läː]

Suffix

-ईला • (-īlā)

  1. forms adjectives from nouns
    ‎रस (ras, “juice”) + ‎-ईला (-īlā) → ‎रसीला (rasīlā, “juicy”)
    ‎ज़हर (zahar, “poison”) + ‎-ईला (-īlā) → ‎ज़हरीला (zahrīlā, “poisonous”)

Declension
Declension of -ईला (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct -ईला
-īlā		 -ईले
-īle		 -ईली
-īlī		 -ईली
-īlī
oblique -ईले
-īle		 -ईले
-īle		 -ईली
-īlī		 -ईली
-īlī
vocative -ईले
-īle		 -ईले
-īle		 -ईली
-īlī		 -ईली
-īlī
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