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प्लव

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the root प्लु (plu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew-, + *-ós, *-wós. Some semantic conflation with *prew-; see Etymology 2 below.

Adjective

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प्लव (plavá)

  1. swimming, floating ṠāṅkhGṛ. Suṡr.
  2. sloping towards, inclined Hariv. Var. Hcat. (in astrol. applied to a constellation situated in the quarter ruled by its planetary regent Var. Sch.)
  3. transient MuṇḍUp.

Noun

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प्लव (plavá) stemm or n

  1. a float, raft, boat, small ship RV. &c.
Declension
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Masculine a-stem declension of प्लव
singular dual plural
nominative प्लवः (plaváḥ) प्लवौ (plavaú)
प्लवा¹ (plavā́¹)
प्लवाः (plavā́ḥ)
प्लवासः¹ (plavā́saḥ¹)
vocative प्लव (pláva) प्लवौ (plávau)
प्लवा¹ (plávā¹)
प्लवाः (plávāḥ)
प्लवासः¹ (plávāsaḥ¹)
accusative प्लवम् (plavám) प्लवौ (plavaú)
प्लवा¹ (plavā́¹)
प्लवान् (plavā́n)
instrumental प्लवेन (plavéna) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवैः (plavaíḥ)
प्लवेभिः¹ (plavébhiḥ¹)
dative प्लवाय (plavā́ya) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवेभ्यः (plavébhyaḥ)
ablative प्लवात् (plavā́t) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवेभ्यः (plavébhyaḥ)
genitive प्लवस्य (plavásya) प्लवयोः (plaváyoḥ) प्लवानाम् (plavā́nām)
locative प्लवे (plavé) प्लवयोः (plaváyoḥ) प्लवेषु (plavéṣu)
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Neuter a-stem declension of प्लव
singular dual plural
nominative प्लवम् (plavám) प्लवे (plavé) प्लवानि (plavā́ni)
प्लवा¹ (plavā́¹)
vocative प्लव (pláva) प्लवे (pláve) प्लवानि (plávāni)
प्लवा¹ (plávā¹)
accusative प्लवम् (plavám) प्लवे (plavé) प्लवानि (plavā́ni)
प्लवा¹ (plavā́¹)
instrumental प्लवेन (plavéna) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवैः (plavaíḥ)
प्लवेभिः¹ (plavébhiḥ¹)
dative प्लवाय (plavā́ya) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवेभ्यः (plavébhyaḥ)
ablative प्लवात् (plavā́t) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवेभ्यः (plavébhyaḥ)
genitive प्लवस्य (plavásya) प्लवयोः (plaváyoḥ) प्लवानाम् (plavā́nām)
locative प्लवे (plavé) प्लवयोः (plaváyoḥ) प्लवेषु (plavéṣu)
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Descendants
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  • Telugu: ప్లవము (plavamu) (learned)

Noun

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प्लव (plavá) stemm

  1. a kind of aquatic bird (= गात्र-सम्प्लव, कारण्डव, जल-वायस, जल-काक or जल-कुक्कुट L.).
  2. Ficus infectoria
  3. a snare or basket of wicker-work for catching fish
  4. the 35th (or 9th) year in a cycle of Jupiter
  5. swimming; bathing (ifc. f( आ).)
  6. flooding, a flood, the swelling of a river
  7. the prolated utterance of a vowel
    Synonym: प्लुति (pluti)
  8. protraction of a sentence through 3 or more ślóka
    Synonym: कुलक (kulaka)
  9. sloping down or towards, slope, proclivity, inclination
Declension
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Masculine a-stem declension of प्लव
singular dual plural
nominative प्लवः (plaváḥ) प्लवौ (plavaú)
प्लवा¹ (plavā́¹)
प्लवाः (plavā́ḥ)
प्लवासः¹ (plavā́saḥ¹)
vocative प्लव (pláva) प्लवौ (plávau)
प्लवा¹ (plávā¹)
प्लवाः (plávāḥ)
प्लवासः¹ (plávāsaḥ¹)
accusative प्लवम् (plavám) प्लवौ (plavaú)
प्लवा¹ (plavā́¹)
प्लवान् (plavā́n)
instrumental प्लवेन (plavéna) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवैः (plavaíḥ)
प्लवेभिः¹ (plavébhiḥ¹)
dative प्लवाय (plavā́ya) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवेभ्यः (plavébhyaḥ)
ablative प्लवात् (plavā́t) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवेभ्यः (plavébhyaḥ)
genitive प्लवस्य (plavásya) प्लवयोः (plaváyoḥ) प्लवानाम् (plavā́nām)
locative प्लवे (plavé) प्लवयोः (plaváyoḥ) प्लवेषु (plavéṣu)
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *prew- (to jump, hop, leap, jerk).

Adjective

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प्लव (plavá)

  1. jumping, leaping, diving, plunging, going by leaps or plunges R. (cf. comp. below)

Noun

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प्लव (plavá) stemm

  1. frog (literally, “the one who jumps/plunges”)
    Synonyms: प्लवक (plavaka), मण्डूक (maṇḍūka), भेक (bheka), रेक (reka), लूलुक (lūluka), नन्दक (nandaka), शालु (śālu)
  2. jump, leap; dive, plunge
Declension
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Masculine a-stem declension of प्लव
singular dual plural
nominative प्लवः (plaváḥ) प्लवौ (plavaú)
प्लवा¹ (plavā́¹)
प्लवाः (plavā́ḥ)
प्लवासः¹ (plavā́saḥ¹)
vocative प्लव (pláva) प्लवौ (plávau)
प्लवा¹ (plávā¹)
प्लवाः (plávāḥ)
प्लवासः¹ (plávāsaḥ¹)
accusative प्लवम् (plavám) प्लवौ (plavaú)
प्लवा¹ (plavā́¹)
प्लवान् (plavā́n)
instrumental प्लवेन (plavéna) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवैः (plavaíḥ)
प्लवेभिः¹ (plavébhiḥ¹)
dative प्लवाय (plavā́ya) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवेभ्यः (plavébhyaḥ)
ablative प्लवात् (plavā́t) प्लवाभ्याम् (plavā́bhyām) प्लवेभ्यः (plavébhyaḥ)
genitive प्लवस्य (plavásya) प्लवयोः (plaváyoḥ) प्लवानाम् (plavā́nām)
locative प्लवे (plavé) प्लवयोः (plaváyoḥ) प्लवेषु (plavéṣu)
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Derived terms
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