পুত

See also: পোতা

Assamese

Alternative forms

পুতাই (putai)

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुत्र (putra). Cognate with Rohingya fut, Sylheti ꠙꠥꠔ (fut). Doublet of পুত্ৰ (putro)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /put/

Noun

পুত • (put)

son
Synonyms: পো (pü), ল’ৰা (lóra) (1st and 2nd person), সুত (xut)

Usage note

Like other Assamese kinship nouns, পুত (put) uses the -ক (-k) suffix for 3rd person. For example,

মোৰ পুত ― mür put ― My son
আপোনাৰ পুত ― apünar put ― Your son
তেওঁৰ পুতেক ― teü̃r putek ― His son

(পুত without a suffix is less commonly used. ল’ৰা (lóra, “boy”) is mostly used.)

Declension

Inflection of পুত

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		numeral		non-numeral (plural)
		singular	plural	informal
absolutive	পুত put	পুতটো puttü	পুতকেইটা putkeita	পুতবোৰ putbür	পুতবিলাক putbilak
ergative	পুতে pute	পুতটোৱে puttüe	পুতকেইটাই putkeitai	পুতবোৰে putbüre	পুতবিলাকে putbilake
accusative	পুতক putok	পুতটোক puttük	পুতকেইটাক putkeitak	পুতবোৰক putbürok	পুতবিলাকক putbilakok
genitive	পুতৰ putor	পুতটোৰ puttür	পুতকেইটাৰ putkeitar	পুতবোৰৰ putbüror	পুতবিলাকৰ putbilakor
dative	পুতলৈ putoloi	পুতটোলৈ puttüloi	পুতকেইটালৈ putkeitaloi	পুতবোৰলৈ putbüroloi	পুতবিলাকলৈ putbilakoloi
instrumental	পুতেৰে putere	পুতটোৰে puttüre	পুতকেইটাৰে putkeitare	পুতবোৰেৰে putbürere	পুতবিলাকেৰে putbilakere
locative	পুতত putot	পুতটোত puttüt	পুতকেইটাত putkeitat	পুতবোৰত putbürot	পুতবিলাকত putbilakot

Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense. No case marking is used for inanimate sense. Dative Note 1: In some dialects -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) is used instead. Dative Note 2: Sometimes -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অত (-ot) or -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note: In some dialects -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere).