सस

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sasa (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• সস (Bengali script)
• සස (Sinhalese script)
• သသ (Burmese script)
• สส or สะสะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ສສ or ສະສະ (Lao script)
• សស (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄥 (Chakma script)

Noun

सस m

1. Devanagari script form of sasa (“hare”)

Declension

Declension table of "सस" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ससो (saso)	ससा (sasā)
Accusative (second)	ससं (sasaṃ)	ससे (sase)
Instrumental (third)	ससेन (sasena)	ससेहि (sasehi) or ससेभि (sasebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ससस्स (sasassa) or ससाय (sasāya) or ससत्थं (sasatthaṃ)	ससानं (sasānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ससस्मा (sasasmā) or ससम्हा (sasamhā) or ससा (sasā)	ससेहि (sasehi) or ससेभि (sasebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ससस्स (sasassa)	ससानं (sasānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ससस्मिं (sasasmiṃ) or ससम्हि (sasamhi) or ससे (sase)	ससेसु (sasesu)
Vocative (calling)	सस (sasa)	ससा (sasā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সস (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬲ (Balinese script)
• সস (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• သသ (Burmese script)
• સસ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಸ (Kannada script)
• សស (Khmer script)
• ສສ (Lao script)
• സസ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐳 (Newa script)
• ସସ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖭 (Siddham script)
• සස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚨 (Takri script)
• ஸஸ (Tamil script)
• సస (Telugu script)
• สส (Thai script)
• ས་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sasás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sasás (“corn, herb, fruit, plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)h₁es- (“harvest, crop, fruit”), from the root *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hahiia), Proto-Celtic *sasyos (“barley”), Latin sēmen (“seed”), English seed, sow. Related to सस्य (sasyá).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.sɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.s̪ɐ/

Noun

सस • (sasá) stem, m

1. corn, herb, grass
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सस (sasá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ससः sasáḥ	ससौ / ससा¹ sasaú / sasā́¹	ससाः / ससासः¹ sasā́ḥ / sasā́saḥ¹
Vocative	सस sása	ससौ / ससा¹ sásau / sásā¹	ससाः / ससासः¹ sásāḥ / sásāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ससम् sasám	ससौ / ससा¹ sasaú / sasā́¹	ससान् sasā́n
Instrumental	ससेन saséna	ससाभ्याम् sasā́bhyām	ससैः / ससेभिः¹ sasaíḥ / sasébhiḥ¹
Dative	ससाय sasā́ya	ससाभ्याम् sasā́bhyām	ससेभ्यः sasébhyaḥ
Ablative	ससात् sasā́t	ससाभ्याम् sasā́bhyām	ससेभ्यः sasébhyaḥ
Genitive	ससस्य sasásya	ससयोः sasáyoḥ	ससानाम् sasā́nām
Locative	ससे sasé	ससयोः sasáyoḥ	ससेषु saséṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: সাহ (xah, “crops”)
  • Odia: ସସ (sasa, “kernel”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press