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प्लीहन्

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *spliHȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pli(H)ǵʰḗn.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn) (whence English spleen), Latin lien, Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Russian селезёнка (selezjónka), Lithuanian blužnis, Persian اسپرز (esporz).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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प्लीहन् (plīhán) stemm

  1. the spleen
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.33.3:
      हृदयात्ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात्पार्श्वाभ्याम् ।
      यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस्ते वि वृहामसि ॥
      hṛdayātte pari klomno halīkṣṇātpārśvābhyām.
      yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknaste vi vṛhāmasi.
      Forth from thy heart and from thy lungs, from thy gall-bladder and thy sides,
      From kidneys, spleen and liver thy malady we uproot.

Declension

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Masculine an-stem declension of प्लीहन्
singular dual plural
nominative प्लीहा (plīhā́) प्लीहानौ (plīhā́nau)
प्लीहाना¹ (plīhā́nā¹)
प्लीहानः (plīhā́naḥ)
vocative प्लीहन् (plī́han) प्लीहानौ (plī́hānau)
प्लीहाना¹ (plī́hānā¹)
प्लीहानः (plī́hānaḥ)
accusative प्लीहानम् (plīhā́nam) प्लीहानौ (plīhā́nau)
प्लीहाना¹ (plīhā́nā¹)
प्लीह्नः (plīhnáḥ)
instrumental प्लीह्ना (plīhnā́) प्लीहभ्याम् (plīhábhyām) प्लीहभिः (plīhábhiḥ)
dative प्लीह्ने (plīhné) प्लीहभ्याम् (plīhábhyām) प्लीहभ्यः (plīhábhyaḥ)
ablative प्लीह्नः (plīhnáḥ) प्लीहभ्याम् (plīhábhyām) प्लीहभ्यः (plīhábhyaḥ)
genitive प्लीह्नः (plīhnáḥ) प्लीह्नोः (plīhnóḥ) प्लीह्नाम् (plīhnā́m)
locative प्लीह्नि (plīhní)
प्लीहनि (plīháni)
प्लीहन्¹ (plīhán¹)
प्लीह्नोः (plīhnóḥ) प्लीहसु (plīhásu)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Hindi: फिया (phiyā)

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “plīhán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 196-197