मिथ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মিথ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬶᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মিথ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰰𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀺𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မိထ် (Burmese script)
• મિથ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਿਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌿𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦶꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂱𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಿಥ್ (Kannada script)
• មិថ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມິຖ຺ (Lao script)
• മിഥ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡳᡨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘱𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠢᠲ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧒𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐶𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମିଥ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢶꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆴𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖰𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මිථ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩑𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚮𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
• மித்² (Tamil script)
• మిథ్ (Telugu script)
• มิถฺ (Thai script)
• མི་ཐ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒱𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨁𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”) an extension of *mey- (“to exchange”). Cognate with Latin mutō whence English mutate, mutual; Latin mittō (“send”) whence English emit, mission, etc.; Proto-Slavic *mьstь (“revenge, vengeance”); English mis-, miss.

Also cf. Mitra, the Indo-Iranian god of contracts.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mitʰ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mit̪ʰ/

Root

मिथ् • (mith)

1. to unite, pair, couple
2. to meet, alternate, altercate
3. to dash together

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मिथ् (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मिथ् (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• मेथति (methati, Present)
• मिमेथ (mimetha, Perfect)

Non-Finite Forms

• मिथित (mithita, Past Participle)
• मिथित्वा (mithitvā, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• मिथति (mithatí)
• मिथस् (mithás)
• मिथुन (mithuná, “paired, forming a pair; copulation”)
• मिथू (míthū)
• मेथन (méthana)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अभिमिथ् (abhimith)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मिथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 816, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मिथ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 120
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मिथ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “METH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 375-6

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 272
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 430
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “715”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 715