vṛddhi
noun/ˈvɹɪ.di/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वृद्धि (vṛddhi, “growth, increase”).
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Human sciences, Linguistic morphology, Linguistics, Morphology, Sciences The strongest ablaut-grade in a series of vowel alternations in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Sanskrit, as well as in Proto-Indo-European.
- Sometimes a vrddhi-derivative was formed from a zero-grade and involved the insertion of the full-grade vowel in the “wrong” place.2004, Benjamin Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture, Blackwell 2004, page 117:
- Derived terms
- vṛddhied