शर्ध

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“herd, row”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (sar^əδa), Russian череда́ (čeredá, “train, sequence”), Ancient Greek κόρθυς (kórthus, “heap”), Old English heord (whence English herd).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ɾ.dʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐɾ.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

शर्ध • (śárdha) stem, m

1. troop
2. horde (of Maruts)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शर्ध

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शर्धः (śárdhaḥ)	शर्धौ (śárdhau) शर्धा¹ (śárdhā¹)	शर्धाः (śárdhāḥ) शर्धासः¹ (śárdhāsaḥ¹)
vocative	शर्ध (śárdha)	शर्धौ (śárdhau) शर्धा¹ (śárdhā¹)	शर्धाः (śárdhāḥ) शर्धासः¹ (śárdhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शर्धम् (śárdham)	शर्धौ (śárdhau) शर्धा¹ (śárdhā¹)	शर्धान् (śárdhān)
instrumental	शर्धेन (śárdhena)	शर्धाभ्याम् (śárdhābhyām)	शर्धैः (śárdhaiḥ) शर्धेभिः¹ (śárdhebhiḥ¹)
dative	शर्धाय (śárdhāya)	शर्धाभ्याम् (śárdhābhyām)	शर्धेभ्यः (śárdhebhyaḥ)
ablative	शर्धात् (śárdhāt)	शर्धाभ्याम् (śárdhābhyām)	शर्धेभ्यः (śárdhebhyaḥ)
genitive	शर्धस्य (śárdhasya)	शर्धयोः (śárdhayoḥ)	शर्धानाम् (śárdhānām)
locative	शर्धे (śárdhe)	शर्धयोः (śárdhayoḥ)	शर्धेषु (śárdheṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शर्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1058/2.