Suffixes

In Sanskrit, suffixes are known as प्रत्ययाः.

Whenever these suffixes are added to a verb, the verb’s form will never change.

Suffixes are those words that are added to the end of a word to form a new word.

Types of Suffixes

There are five types of suffixes in Sanskrit. They are

1.सुप्-प्रत्ययः-It tells about the inflection of the name in nouns, phrases, etc

2.तिङ-प्रत्ययः- it tells about the period or tense of an action

3.कृत्-प्रत्ययः- These forms nouns

4.तद्धित-प्रत्ययः-These tell the use of different forms of name words

5.स्त्री-प्रत्ययः-These tell the feminine forms of the names

The commonly used प्रत्ययाः are

• क्त्वा -Whenever this is added to a verb, it indicates something happening after the completion of the verb.
• ल्यप् -This is exactly the same asbut it is used for verbs that have a prefix added to them.
• तुमुन् -This suffix is used in the sense, ‘to do’.
• अनीयर्- This is used in the sense, ‘should be done’.
• तव्यत् -This is used in the sense, ‘should be done’.

Below given is a table of some commonly used verbs with their forms when suffixes are added to them.

Some examples in sentences

• She took it away to burn. -सातत्दहनायअपहृतवती
• Vibha is singing. -विभागायन्तीअस्ति
• She hugged him. -सातम्आश्लिष्टा

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