आगस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hā́gas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́gas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ég-os ~ *h₂ég-es-, from *h₂eg- (“sin, crime, fault”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγος (ágos, “pollution, guilt”), Old English acan (whence English ache).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.ɡɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɡɐs̪/

Noun

आगस् • (ā́gas) stem, n

1. transgression, offence, injury, sin, fault
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.57.4:

     ऋध॒क्सा वो॑ मरुतो दि॒द्युद॑स्तु॒ यद्व॒ आगः॑ पुरु॒षता॒ करा॑म ।
     मा व॒स्तस्या॒मपि॑ भूमा यजत्रा अ॒स्मे वो॑ अस्तु सुम॒तिश्चनि॑ष्ठा ॥

     ṛ́dhaksā́ vo maruto didyúdastu yádva ā́gaḥ puruṣátā kárāma.
     mā́ vastásyāmápi bhūmā yajatrā asmé vo astu sumatíścániṣṭhā.

     Far from us be your blazing dart, O Maruts, when we, through human frailty, commit a sin against you.
     Let us not be exposed to that, ye Holy! May your most loving favour still attend us.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of आगस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आगः (ā́gaḥ)	आगसी (ā́gasī)	आगांसि (ā́gāṃsi)
vocative	आगः (ā́gaḥ)	आगसी (ā́gasī)	आगांसि (ā́gāṃsi)
accusative	आगः (ā́gaḥ)	आगसी (ā́gasī)	आगांसि (ā́gāṃsi)
instrumental	आगसा (ā́gasā)	आगोभ्याम् (ā́gobhyām)	आगोभिः (ā́gobhiḥ)
dative	आगसे (ā́gase)	आगोभ्याम् (ā́gobhyām)	आगोभ्यः (ā́gobhyaḥ)
ablative	आगसः (ā́gasaḥ)	आगोभ्याम् (ā́gobhyām)	आगोभ्यः (ā́gobhyaḥ)
genitive	आगसः (ā́gasaḥ)	आगसोः (ā́gasoḥ)	आगसाम् (ā́gasām)
locative	आगसि (ā́gasi)	आगसोः (ā́gasoḥ)	आगःसु (ā́gaḥsu)