शुचि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শুচি (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬸᬘᬶ (Balinese script)
• শুচি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰓𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀘𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐုစိ (Burmese script)
• શુચિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੁਚਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌚𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦸꦕꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂳𑂒𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶುಚಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝុចិ (Khmer script)
• ຨຸຈິ (Lao script)
• ശുചി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᢜᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘳𑘓𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᢋᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧔𑦳𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐸𑐔𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶୁଚି (Odia script)
• ꢯꢸꢗꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆖𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖓𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශුචි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩡𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚰𑚏𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶுசி (Tamil script)
• శుచి (Telugu script)
• ศุจิ (Thai script)
• ཤུ་ཙི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒔𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨣𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From शुच् (śuc).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕú.t͡ɕi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕu.t͡ɕi/

Adjective

शुचि • (śúci) stem

1. shining, glowing, gleaming, radiant, bright
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.29.5:

     ति॒ग्ममेको॑ बिभर्ति॒ हस्त॒ आयु॑धं॒ शुचि॑रु॒ग्रो जला॑षभेषजः॥

     tigmáméko bibharti hásta ā́yudhaṃ śúcirugró jálāṣabheṣajaḥ.

     One brilliant and fierce, yet the distributor of healing medicines, holds his sharp weapon in his hand.

2. brilliantly white , white
3. clear, clean, pure (lit. and fig.), holy, unsullied, undefiled, innocent, honest, virtuous
4. pure (in a ceremonial sense)
5. (ifc.) one who has acquitted himself of or discharged a duty (see [rahaḥ-ś] )

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of शुचि (śúci)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुचिः śúciḥ	शुची śúcī	शुचयः śúcayaḥ
Vocative	शुचे śúce	शुची śúcī	शुचयः śúcayaḥ
Accusative	शुचिम् śúcim	शुची śúcī	शुचीन् śúcīn
Instrumental	शुचिना / शुच्या¹ śúcinā / śúcyā¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभिः śúcibhiḥ
Dative	शुचये śúcaye	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभ्यः śúcibhyaḥ
Ablative	शुचेः / शुच्यः¹ śúceḥ / śúcyaḥ¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभ्यः śúcibhyaḥ
Genitive	शुचेः / शुच्यः¹ śúceḥ / śúcyaḥ¹	शुच्योः śúcyoḥ	शुचीनाम् śúcīnām
Locative	शुचौ / शुचा¹ śúcau / śúcā¹	शुच्योः śúcyoḥ	शुचिषु śúciṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine i-stem declension of शुचि (śúci)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुचिः śúciḥ	शुची śúcī	शुचयः śúcayaḥ
Vocative	शुचे śúce	शुची śúcī	शुचयः śúcayaḥ
Accusative	शुचिम् śúcim	शुची śúcī	शुचीः śúcīḥ
Instrumental	शुच्या / शुची¹ śúcyā / śúcī¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभिः śúcibhiḥ
Dative	शुचये / शुच्यै² / शुची¹ śúcaye / śúcyai² / śúcī¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभ्यः śúcibhyaḥ
Ablative	शुचेः / शुच्याः² / शुच्यै³ śúceḥ / śúcyāḥ² / śúcyai³	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभ्यः śúcibhyaḥ
Genitive	शुचेः / शुच्याः² / शुच्यै³ śúceḥ / śúcyāḥ² / śúcyai³	शुच्योः śúcyoḥ	शुचीनाम् śúcīnām
Locative	शुचौ / शुच्याम्² / शुचा¹ śúcau / śúcyām² / śúcā¹	शुच्योः śúcyoḥ	शुचिषु śúciṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Neuter i-stem declension of शुचि (śúci)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुचि śúci	शुचिनी śúcinī	शुचीनि / शुचि¹ / शुची¹ śúcīni / śúci¹ / śúcī¹
Vocative	शुचि / शुचे śúci / śúce	शुचिनी śúcinī	शुचीनि / शुचि¹ / शुची¹ śúcīni / śúci¹ / śúcī¹
Accusative	शुचि śúci	शुचिनी śúcinī	शुचीनि / शुचि¹ / शुची¹ śúcīni / śúci¹ / śúcī¹
Instrumental	शुचिना / शुच्या¹ śúcinā / śúcyā¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभिः śúcibhiḥ
Dative	शुचिने / शुचये¹ śúcine / śúcaye¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभ्यः śúcibhyaḥ
Ablative	शुचिनः / शुचेः¹ śúcinaḥ / śúceḥ¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभ्यः śúcibhyaḥ
Genitive	शुचिनः / शुचेः¹ śúcinaḥ / śúceḥ¹	शुचिनोः śúcinoḥ	शुचीनाम् śúcīnām
Locative	शुचिनि / शुचौ¹ / शुचा¹ śúcini / śúcau¹ / śúcā¹	शुचिनोः śúcinoḥ	शुचिषु śúciṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

शुचि • (śúci) stem, m

1. purification, purity, honesty, virtue
2. fire
3. oblation to fire at the first feeding of an infant
4. a particular hot month (in a narrow sense, Āshāḍha or Jyeshṭha, or the hot season more broadly)
5. the sun

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of शुचि (śúci)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुचिः śúciḥ	शुची śúcī	शुचयः śúcayaḥ
Vocative	शुचे śúce	शुची śúcī	शुचयः śúcayaḥ
Accusative	शुचिम् śúcim	शुची śúcī	शुचीन् śúcīn
Instrumental	शुचिना / शुच्या¹ śúcinā / śúcyā¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभिः śúcibhiḥ
Dative	शुचये śúcaye	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभ्यः śúcibhyaḥ
Ablative	शुचेः / शुच्यः¹ śúceḥ / śúcyaḥ¹	शुचिभ्याम् śúcibhyām	शुचिभ्यः śúcibhyaḥ
Genitive	शुचेः / शुच्यः¹ śúceḥ / śúcyaḥ¹	शुच्योः śúcyoḥ	शुचीनाम् śúcīnām
Locative	शुचौ / शुचा¹ śúcau / śúcā¹	शुच्योः śúcyoḥ	शुचिषु śúciṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Malay: suci
  • → Indonesian: suci
• → Old Javanese: śuci
  • Javanese: ꦱꦸꦕꦶ (suci)
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬸᬘᬶ (suci)
• Pali: suci
• → Thai: ศุจิ (su-ji, “pure, shining, white”)