As the pronouns studied so far, the pronoun ‘sabba’ too declines in all the three genders.

Declension of pronoun ‘sabba’

sabba = all, whole

Masculine forms

Case Singular Plural
Paṭhamā sabbo sabbe
Dutiyā sabbaṃ sabbe
Tatiyā sabbena sabbehi, sabbebhi
Catutthī sabbassa sabbesaṃ, sabbesānaṃ
Pañcamī sabbasmā, sabbamhā sabbehi, sabbebhi
Chaṭṭhī sabbassa sabbesaṃ, sabbesānaṃ
Sattamī sabbasmiṃ, sabbamhi sabbesu

 

Neuter forms

Case Singular Plural
Paṭhamā sabbaṃ sabbe, sabbāni
Dutiyā sabbaṃ sabbe, sabbāni
The declension of neuter pronoun ‘sabba’ is similar to that of masculine pronoun ‘sabba’ for Instrumental to Locative cases.

 

Feminine form

Case Singular Plural
Paṭhamā sabbā sabbā, sabbāyo
Dutiyā sabbaṃ sabbā, sabbāyo
Tatiyā sabbāya sabbāhi, sabbābhi
Catutthī sabbassā, sabbāya sabbāsaṃ, sabbāsānaṃ
Pañcamī sabbāya sabbāhi, sabbābhi
Chaṭṭhī sabbassā, sabbāya sabbāsaṃ, sabbāsānaṃ
Sattamī sabbassaṃ, sabbāyaṃ sabbāsu

 

Some other pronouns / adjectives which decline like ‘sabba’ are:

● katara = who
● katama = who
● añña = someone, other
● aññatara = a certain
● para = other, another
● apara = other, another
● pubba = first, previous, former
● pacchima = latter, last
● adhara = lower
● dakkhiṇa = southern, (one on) the right side
● uttara = northern, higher

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