-mant

See also: mant and -mânt

Old French

Suffix

-mant

1. alternative form of -ment (all senses)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• -𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• -मन्त् (Devanagari script)
• -মন্ত্ (Bengali script)
• -මන‍්ත් (Sinhalese script)
• -မန္တ် or -မၼ္တ် or -မၼ်တ် (Burmese script)
• -มนฺตฺ or -มันต (Thai script)
• -ᨾᨶ᩠ᨲ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• -ມນ຺ຕ຺ or -ມັນຕ (Lao script)
• -មន្ត៑ (Khmer script)
• -𑄟𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄴 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit -मत् (-mat).

Suffix

-mant

1. Abounding in thing identified by the noun the suffix is added to
2. Possessing the quality of state indicated by the noun the suffix is added to

Usage notes

The choice between this and synonymous -vant is subject to the following rule:

• Suffix -vant is added only to nouns ending in a.
• Suffix -mant is always added to nouns ending in i and u.

Declension

Declension table of "-mant" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	-mā or -manto	-manto or -mantā
Accusative (second)	-mantaṃ	-manto or -mante
Instrumental (third)	-matā or -mantena	-mantehi or -mantebhi
Dative (fourth)	-mato or -mantassa	-mataṃ or -mantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	-matā or -mantasmā or -mantamhā or -mantā	-mantehi or -mantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	-mato or -mantassa	-mataṃ or -mantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	-mati or -mantasmiṃ or -mantamhi or -mante	-mantesu
Vocative (calling)	-mā or -ma or -maṃ or -manta	-manto or -mantā

Declension table of "-matī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	-matī	-matiyo or -matī
Accusative (second)	-matiṃ or -matiyaṃ	-matiyo or -matī
Instrumental (third)	-matiyā	-matīhi or -matībhi
Dative (fourth)	-matiyā	-matīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	-matiyā	-matīhi or -matībhi
Genitive (sixth)	-matiyā	-matīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	-matiyā or -matiyaṃ	-matīsu
Vocative (calling)	-mati	-matiyo or -matī

Declension table of "-mantī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	-mantī	-mantiyo or -mantī
Accusative (second)	-mantiṃ or -mantiyaṃ	-mantiyo or -mantī
Instrumental (third)	-mantiyā	-mantīhi or -mantībhi
Dative (fourth)	-mantiyā	-mantīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	-mantiyā	-mantīhi or -mantībhi
Genitive (sixth)	-mantiyā	-mantīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	-mantiyā or -mantiyaṃ	-mantīsu
Vocative (calling)	-manti	-mantiyo or -mantī

Declension table of "-mant" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	-maṃ or -mantaṃ	-manti or -mantāni
Accusative (second)	-maṃ or -mantaṃ	-manti or -mantāni
Instrumental (third)	-matā or -mantena	-mantehi or -mantebhi
Dative (fourth)	-mato or -mantassa	-mataṃ or -mantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	-matā or -mantasmā or -mantamhā or -mantā	-mantehi or -mantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	-mato or -mantassa	-mataṃ or -mantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	-mati or -mantasmiṃ or -mantamhi or -mante	-mantesu
Vocative (calling)	-mā or -ma or -maṃ or -manta	-manti or -mantāni

Synonyms

• -vant