Example sentences for: bahuvrihi

How can you use “bahuvrihi” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It is used to describe compounds composed of an adjective and a substantive so as to form, principally, a possessive adjective, like bahuvrihi itself; it also forms a compound that is different grammatically from its head member and, particularly, plurals that function as singular nouns, as in lazy-bones, sly-boots .

  • The third is bahuvrihi , a Sanskrit compound meaning having much rice,


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