Vol. 16 · pages 691–695

667PALI : DICTIONARY A3 ADJECTIVES Adjectives are describing words and add something to the meaning of a noun i.e., they qualify the nouns. Hence they are treated as nouns and carry all the infletions of the nouns. As the adjectives qualify nouns which are of different genders and numbers, they must agree with their substantives in gender, number and case. Roughly they could be classified thus (according as their derivations–from) :– (1) Pronouns becoming adjectives when used before a substantive of the same gender, number and case – Pronominal adjectives. (2) Adjectives formed, from verbal bases. They are also called participles. Like verbs they are divided into Present, Past, and Future Tenses; and each group is divided into Active and Passive voices. Becoming adjectives, they are declined in all the genders–Verbal Adjectives or participles. (3) Adjectival Nouns are often used as adjectives : they become substantives when they stand alone in the place of person or the thing they qualify. They are decline in all genders. (4) Adjectives proper, qualify nouns and must agree with their substantives in gender, number and case. II. Verbal Adjectives or Participles (Declinable) 1. Present Participles Going, xPNUr Cooking, ipUr Doing, djksUr Walking, pjUr Running, /koUr Bathing, ugk;Ur Laughing, glUr Eating, Hkq×tUr Sleeping, l;Ur Seeing, looking at, ilUr Sitting, fulhnUr Carrying, gjUr Buying, fd.kUr Standing, frŒòUr Bringing, vkgjUr Living, residing, fogjUr Selling, fofØï.kUr Giving, nnUr Crying, jksnUr

668 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES 2. Past Participles Gone, xr Come, vkxr Made, done, dr Told, said, oqÙk Broken, fHkUu Descended, vksfr..k Brought, vkgV Beaten, igV Carried, gV Dead, er Slept, lqÙk] lf;r Stood, fFkr Sat, fuflUu Lived, oqRFk Bitten, nŒò Cooked, iØï] ifpr Received, y… Bought, dhr Eaten, HkqÙk Worshipped, ofUnr Killed, gr Cut, fNUu Enraged, dq… 3. Some adjectival nouns (Masculine ending in ‘u’) Rich, /uoUr Powerful, cyoUr Sun, HkkuqeUrq The exalted one, fortunate, HkxoUrq Wise, i××koUrq Famous, ;loUrq Mindful, lfroUrq Intelligent, cqf…eUrq Fortunate, iq××koUrq Of high caste, dqyoUrq Fruitful, iQyoUrq Possessor of ice, snowy, fgeoUrq Possessor of eyes, pØïeUrq Virtuous, lhyoUrq With many relations, cU/qeUrq 4. Adjectives as such Small, [kqíd Big, large, egUr Long, nh?k Short, jLl High, tall, mPp Low, vulgar, uhp Medium, efT>e Few, a little, vIid Many, much, cgq] cgqd Umpire, vke Ripe, iØï Young, ngj Elderly, old, egŠd Wide, broad, foRFkr White, lsr Blue, uhy

669PALI : DICTIONARY Red, jÙk Black, dky Yellow, ihr Shallow, mÙkku Deep, xEHkhj Rough, coarse, [kj Soft, eqnq Bald, [kŠkV Blind, vU/ Blind of one eye, dk.k Deaf, cf/j Dumb, ewx Azure, eUnuhy Black, dkG Blue, uhy Brown, fi˜ıy Dark-brown, d.gihr Green, gfjr Grey, ?kwlj Light-red, v#.k Multi-coloured, dEekl Orange-coloured, ihrjÙk Pink, ikVy Bad, vlqUnj] vHkíd Bad-smelling, nqXxU/ Belonged, vk;Ùk Beautiful, lqUnj] l:i Bent-down, vksur Big, egUr Blunt, vfrf[k.k Foolish, young, cky Wise, if.Mr Powerful, cyoUrq Feeble, nqCcy Beautiful, l:i Handsome, nLluh; Insane, mEeÙk Lame, [k×t Poor, nfGí Rich, /uoUrq Squint-eyed, ofyj Red, jÙk] yksfgr Tawny, dfiy Yellow, ihr Yellowish white, i.Mqo..k Astringent, dslko Bitter, frÙk Pungent, dVqd Salt, yo.k Sour, vfEcy Sweet, e/qj Bold, fuCHk; Brave, ohj Bright, iHkLej] Hkklqj Broad, foRFkr Charitable, vyq… Cheerful, lqeu Circular, pØïkdkj

670 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES Clean, fuEey] lq… Close, lehi] vklUu Coarse, dØïl Cold, lhry Composed of mind, lekfgr Concealed, xÙk] ifrPNUu Covered, NUu Crooked, o˜ï] dqfVy Cruel, nqVò] dqjhj Deep, xEHkhj Despised, fufUnr] ofEHkr Dim, fuIiHk] efyu Dirty, fdfyVò Distant, nwj Distracted, vlekfgr Dry, lqD[k Egg-shaped, v.Mkdkj Empty, rqPN Eternal, lLlfrd Even, le Excellent, i.khr] vfrlqUnj] foflVò Exposed, fooV] vukoV Extreme, vPpUr Fair, lksHku Famous, foLlqr Fat, Fkwy Few, dfri; Fine, lq[kqe Foolish, nU/] eUncqf…d Fortunate, /××k] lqHkx Friendly, vfo:…] lqân] vuqdwy Full, iq..k] lEiq..k Globular, xksykdkj Good, lqUnj] Hkíd Great, egUr] mÙke Greedy, yq…] efgPN Gross, vksGkfjd Haggard, fdl Handsome, l:i Heavy, Hkkfj; Hard, Fk} High, mPp Honest, vo˜ï] mtq Hostile, fo:… Hot, m.g Ignoble, v/e] uhp Immovable, vpy] Fkkoj Impermanent, vfuPp Kind, dk:f.kd Lazy, vyl Less, mQu Light, lŠgqd Little, lqíd] ifjÙk Long, nh?k] vk;r Loose, flfFky Low, uhp

671PALI : DICTIONARY Many, cgqd Mean, ghu Moderate, efT>e] eÙk××kw More, vf/d Movable, t˜ıe] py] ikfjgkfj; Much, igwr New, vfHkuo Noble, ioj] mÙke Octagonal, vVòafld One’s own, ld] lkdh; Old, iqjk.k Opened, fooV] vukoV Other, ij] vij Permanent, fuPp] Fkkoj Praised, vfHkRFkqr Pure, ifjlq… Respected, ekfur] cgqer Rotten, iwfVd Round, oVðy] oVð Sad, nqEeu Semi-circular, v…pØïdkj Shallow, mÙkku Sharp, frf[k.k Short, jLl Skilful, iVq] nD[k Small, [kqíd Smooth, flfu…] eVò Soft, eqnq Square, prqjLl Straight, mtq Sublime, lq[kqe Sweet, e/qj Sweet-smelling, lqxU/ Thick, ?ku Thin, ruq Timid, Hkh:d Tringular, frdks.kd Ugly, fo:i] vlksHku Unclean, efyu] vlq… Uneven, fole Unknown, vikdV] vi××kkr Unfortunate, nqfD[kr] HkkX;ghu Unfriendly, nqgn] fo:… Virtuous, lqlhy Vicious, nqLlhy Well-known, foLlqr] lqikdV Weighty, Hkkfj;] x:d Wet, frUr] vŠ Wise, i××koUrq Wounded, of.kr Young, o#.k