यूका
Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Female variant of यूक (yūka), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“louse”), see also Welsh llau.[1]
Noun
[edit]यूका • (yūkā) stem, f
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यूका (yūkā) | यूके (yūke) | यूकाः (yūkāḥ) |
| vocative | यूके (yūke) | यूके (yūke) | यूकाः (yūkāḥ) |
| accusative | यूकाम् (yūkām) | यूके (yūke) | यूकाः (yūkāḥ) |
| instrumental | यूकया (yūkayā) यूका¹ (yūkā¹) |
यूकाभ्याम् (yūkābhyām) | यूकाभिः (yūkābhiḥ) |
| dative | यूकायै (yūkāyai) | यूकाभ्याम् (yūkābhyām) | यूकाभ्यः (yūkābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यूकायाः (yūkāyāḥ) यूकायै² (yūkāyai²) |
यूकाभ्याम् (yūkābhyām) | यूकाभ्यः (yūkābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यूकायाः (yūkāyāḥ) यूकायै² (yūkāyai²) |
यूकयोः (yūkayoḥ) | यूकानाम् (yūkānām) |
| locative | यूकायाम् (yūkāyām) | यूकयोः (yūkayoḥ) | यूकासु (yūkāsu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “यूका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 856.
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 357