लिप्त

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लिप्त (liptá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lɪpt̪/

Adjective

लिप्त • (lipt) (indeclinable) (rare, formal)

1. drenched, besmeared, spread over
2. deeply attached, involved

   Antonym: अलिप्त (alipt)

3. engrossed, absorbed

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लिप्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लिप्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “लिप्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লিপ্ত (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬶᬧ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
• লিপ্ত (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰰𑰢𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• လိပ္တ (Burmese script)
• લિપ્ત (Gujarati script)
• ਲਿਪ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦶꦥ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂱𑂣𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಿಪ್ತ (Kannada script)
• លិប្ត (Khmer script)
• ລິປ຺ຕ (Lao script)
• ലിപ്ത (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᡳᢒᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘱𑘢𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠢᢒᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧒𑧂𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐶𑐥𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଲିପ୍ତ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢶꢦ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆴𑆥𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖰𑖢𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ලිප‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩑𑩰 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚮𑚞𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• லிப்த (Tamil script)
• లిప్త (Telugu script)
• ลิปฺต (Thai script)
• ལི་པྟ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒱𑒣𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨁𑨞𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lip-tó-s, from *leyp- (“to stick; greasy, sticky substance”). Compare the variant रिप्त (riptá). By surface analysis, लिप् (lip) +‎ -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lip.tɐ́/, [lip̚.tɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ip.t̪ɐ/, [l̪ip̚.t̪ɐ]

Adjective

लिप्त • (liptá) stem

1. sticking or adhering to
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 6.1.2.4:

     सोऽकामयत । भूय एव स्यात्प्रजायेतेति स आदित्येन दिवं मिथुनं समभवत्तत आण्डं समवर्तत तदभ्यमृशद्रेतो बिभृहीति ततश्चन्द्रमा असृज्यतैष वै रेतोऽथ यदश्रु संक्षरितमासीत्तानि नक्षत्राण्यभवन्नथ यः कपाले रसो लिप्त आसीत्ता अवान्तरदिशोऽभवन्नथ यत्कपालमासीत्ता दिशोऽभवन्

     soʼkāmayata. bhūya eva syātprajāyeteti sa ādityena divaṃ mithunaṃ samabhavattata āṇḍaṃ samavartata tadabhyamṛśadreto bibhṛhīti tataścandramā asṛjyataiṣa vai retoʼtha yadaśru saṃkṣaritamāsīttāni nakṣatrāṇyabhavannatha yaḥ kapāle raso lipta āsīttā avāntaradiśoʼbhavannatha yatkapālamāsīttā diśoʼbhavan

     He (Prajāpati) desired, "May it multiply, may it reproduce itself!" By means of the Sun he entered into union with the Sky: thence an egg arose. He touched it, saying, "Bear thou seed!" From it the moon was created, for he (the moon) is seed. And the tear which formed itself became those stars. And the juice which was adhering to the shell became those intermediate quarters; and that which was the shell became those [chief] quarters (points of the compass).

2. smeared, anointed, soiled, defiled
3. joined, connected
4. envenomed
5. eaten

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of लिप्त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	लिप्तः (liptáḥ)	लिप्तौ (liptaú) लिप्ता¹ (liptā́¹)	लिप्ताः (liptā́ḥ) लिप्तासः¹ (liptā́saḥ¹)
vocative	लिप्त (lípta)	लिप्तौ (líptau) लिप्ता¹ (líptā¹)	लिप्ताः (líptāḥ) लिप्तासः¹ (líptāsaḥ¹)
accusative	लिप्तम् (liptám)	लिप्तौ (liptaú) लिप्ता¹ (liptā́¹)	लिप्तान् (liptā́n)
instrumental	लिप्तेन (lipténa)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्तैः (liptaíḥ) लिप्तेभिः¹ (liptébhiḥ¹)
dative	लिप्ताय (liptā́ya)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्तेभ्यः (liptébhyaḥ)
ablative	लिप्तात् (liptā́t)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्तेभ्यः (liptébhyaḥ)
genitive	लिप्तस्य (liptásya)	लिप्तयोः (liptáyoḥ)	लिप्तानाम् (liptā́nām)
locative	लिप्ते (lipté)	लिप्तयोः (liptáyoḥ)	लिप्तेषु (liptéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of लिप्ता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	लिप्ता (liptā́)	लिप्ते (lipté)	लिप्ताः (liptā́ḥ)
vocative	लिप्ते (lípte)	लिप्ते (lípte)	लिप्ताः (líptāḥ)
accusative	लिप्ताम् (liptā́m)	लिप्ते (lipté)	लिप्ताः (liptā́ḥ)
instrumental	लिप्तया (liptáyā) लिप्ता¹ (liptā́¹)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्ताभिः (liptā́bhiḥ)
dative	लिप्तायै (liptā́yai)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्ताभ्यः (liptā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	लिप्तायाः (liptā́yāḥ) लिप्तायै² (liptā́yai²)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्ताभ्यः (liptā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	लिप्तायाः (liptā́yāḥ) लिप्तायै² (liptā́yai²)	लिप्तयोः (liptáyoḥ)	लिप्तानाम् (liptā́nām)
locative	लिप्तायाम् (liptā́yām)	लिप्तयोः (liptáyoḥ)	लिप्तासु (liptā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of लिप्त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	लिप्तम् (liptám)	लिप्ते (lipté)	लिप्तानि (liptā́ni) लिप्ता¹ (liptā́¹)
vocative	लिप्त (lípta)	लिप्ते (lípte)	लिप्तानि (líptāni) लिप्ता¹ (líptā¹)
accusative	लिप्तम् (liptám)	लिप्ते (lipté)	लिप्तानि (liptā́ni) लिप्ता¹ (liptā́¹)
instrumental	लिप्तेन (lipténa)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्तैः (liptaíḥ) लिप्तेभिः¹ (liptébhiḥ¹)
dative	लिप्ताय (liptā́ya)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्तेभ्यः (liptébhyaḥ)
ablative	लिप्तात् (liptā́t)	लिप्ताभ्याम् (liptā́bhyām)	लिप्तेभ्यः (liptébhyaḥ)
genitive	लिप्तस्य (liptásya)	लिप्तयोः (liptáyoḥ)	लिप्तानाम् (liptā́nām)
locative	लिप्ते (lipté)	लिप्तयोः (liptáyoḥ)	लिप्तेषु (liptéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: litta
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀮𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (litta)
• → Hindi: लिप्त (lipt) (learned)

Further reading

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “लिप्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “लिप्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 902.