अप्सस्
Sanskrit
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápsas, ultimately reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₂épsos, from the root *h₂ep- (“to fasten”); compare Ossetian ӕфцӕг (æfcæg), Tocharian A āpsā (“limbs”), Hittite [script needed] (ḫappeššar-, “limb, joint, part of the body”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editअप्सस् • (ápsas) stem, n
- "the hidden part of the body", "the secret charms (of a wife)"
- form, beauty
- one possessed of beauty
- bosom, breast
- cheek
- forehead, face
- front side
- hidden fault, sin
Declension
editNeuter as-stem declension of अप्सस् (ápsas) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अप्सः ápsaḥ |
अप्ससी ápsasī |
अप्सांसि ápsāṃsi |
Vocative | अप्सः ápsaḥ |
अप्ससी ápsasī |
अप्सांसि ápsāṃsi |
Accusative | अप्सः ápsaḥ |
अप्ससी ápsasī |
अप्सांसि ápsāṃsi |
Instrumental | अप्ससा ápsasā |
अप्सोभ्याम् ápsobhyām |
अप्सोभिः ápsobhiḥ |
Dative | अप्ससे ápsase |
अप्सोभ्याम् ápsobhyām |
अप्सोभ्यः ápsobhyaḥ |
Ablative | अप्ससः ápsasaḥ |
अप्सोभ्याम् ápsobhyām |
अप्सोभ्यः ápsobhyaḥ |
Genitive | अप्ससः ápsasaḥ |
अप्ससोः ápsasoḥ |
अप्ससाम् ápsasām |
Locative | अप्ससि ápsasi |
अप्ससोः ápsasoḥ |
अप्सःसु ápsaḥsu |
References
edit- ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₂épes-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180
Further reading
edit- Bailey, H. W. (1969) “Arya Notes”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. I, Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, pages 137–145
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 90
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