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उष्

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (to burn). Cognate with Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō), Latin ūrō.

Alternative forms

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Root

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उष् (uṣ)

  1. to burn, burn down
  2. to punish, chastise
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ús, from *h₂ews- (dawn); see also उषस् (uṣas).

Noun

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उष् (úṣ) stemf

  1. early morning, dawn
Declension
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Feminine root-stem declension of उष् (úṣ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative उट्
úṭ
उषौ / उषा¹
úṣau / úṣā¹
उषः
úṣaḥ
Vocative उट्
úṭ
उषौ / उषा¹
úṣau / úṣā¹
उषः
úṣaḥ
Accusative उषम्
úṣam
उषौ / उषा¹
úṣau / úṣā¹
उषः
uṣáḥ
Instrumental उषा
uṣā́
उड्भ्याम्
uḍbhyā́m
उड्भिः
uḍbhíḥ
Dative उषे
uṣé
उड्भ्याम्
uḍbhyā́m
उड्भ्यः
uḍbhyáḥ
Ablative उषः
uṣáḥ
उड्भ्याम्
uḍbhyā́m
उड्भ्यः
uḍbhyáḥ
Genitive उषः
uṣáḥ
उषोः
uṣóḥ
उषाम्
uṣā́m
Locative उषि
uṣí
उषोः
uṣóḥ
उट्सु
uṭsú
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “उष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 13
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235; 236; 281