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विष्

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (to chase, pursue). Other theories derive the root from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (to spread, increase, produce).

Alternative forms

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Root

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विष् (viṣ)

  1. to be active, act, work, do, perform
  2. to be quick, speed, run, flow (as water)
  3. to work as a servant, serve
  4. to have done with, i.e. overcome, subdue, rule
  5. to be contained in
  6. to clothe
  7. to consume, eat
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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विष् (viṣ) stemf

  1. feces, ordure
Declension
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Feminine root-stem declension of विष् (viṣ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative विट्
viṭ
विषौ / विषा¹
viṣau / viṣā¹
विषः
viṣaḥ
Vocative विट्
viṭ
विषौ / विषा¹
viṣau / viṣā¹
विषः
viṣaḥ
Accusative विषम्
viṣam
विषौ / विषा¹
viṣau / viṣā¹
विषः
viṣaḥ
Instrumental विषा
viṣā
विड्भ्याम्
viḍbhyām
विड्भिः
viḍbhiḥ
Dative विषे
viṣe
विड्भ्याम्
viḍbhyām
विड्भ्यः
viḍbhyaḥ
Ablative विषः
viṣaḥ
विड्भ्याम्
viḍbhyām
विड्भ्यः
viḍbhyaḥ
Genitive विषः
viṣaḥ
विषोः
viṣoḥ
विषाम्
viṣām
Locative विषि
viṣi
विषोः
viṣoḥ
विट्सु
viṭsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “विष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 995/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 161
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 563; 585-6
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416