मिह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মিহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মিহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မိဟ် (Burmese script)
• મિહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਿਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂱𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
• មិហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມິຫ຺ (Lao script)
• മിഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘱𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧒𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମିହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මිහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩑𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚮𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• மிஹ் (Tamil script)
• మిహ్ (Telugu script)
• มิหฺ (Thai script)
• མི་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨁𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃mígʰs, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”), English mist. Also related to मेघ (meghá, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /míɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /miɦ/

Noun

मिह् • (míh) stem, f

1. mist, fog, haze
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.7.3:

     वपन्ति मरुतो मिहं प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान् ।

     vapanti maruto mihaṃ pra vepayanti parvatān.

     The Maruts spread the mist abroad and make mountains rock and reel

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of मिह्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मिक् (mík)	मिहौ (míhau) मिहा¹ (míhā¹)	मिहः (míhaḥ)
vocative	मिक् (mík)	मिहौ (míhau) मिहा¹ (míhā¹)	मिहः (míhaḥ)
accusative	मिहम् (míham)	मिहौ (míhau) मिहा¹ (míhā¹)	मिहः (míhaḥ)
instrumental	मिहा (mihā́)	मिग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m)	मिग्भिः (migbhíḥ)
dative	मिहे (mihé)	मिग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m)	मिग्भ्यः (migbhyáḥ)
ablative	मिहः (miháḥ)	मिग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m)	मिग्भ्यः (migbhyáḥ)
genitive	मिहः (miháḥ)	मिहोः (mihóḥ)	मिहाम् (mihā́m)
locative	मिहि (mihí)	मिहोः (mihóḥ)	मिक्षु (mikṣú)

• ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Latin meiō, Old English mīgan.

Root

मिह् • (mih)

1. to urinate

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मिह् (0 c, 2 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मिह् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• मेहति (méhati, Present)
• मेक्ष्यति (mekṣyáti, Future)
• मेढा (meḍhā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अमिक्षत् (ámikṣat, Aorist)
• अमिहत् (ámihat, Aorist)
• मिमेह (miméha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• मेहयति (meháyati, Causative)
• अमीमिहत् (ámīmihat, Causative Aorist)

Non-Finite Forms

• मीढ (mīḍhá, Past Participle)
• मिहे (mihé, Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• मेढ्र (méḍhra)
• मेह (meha)
• मेहत्नू (mehatnū́)
• मेहन (méhana)
• मेहना (mehánā)
• मेहिन् (mehin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अभिमिह् (abhimih)
• अवमिह् (avamih)
• निमिह् (nimih)
• प्रतिमिह् (pratimih)
• प्रमिह् (pramih)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मिह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “meghá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 374-375
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MEH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 381
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 301-302