सिव्

See also: सेवि and सेवा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• स्यू (syū)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁- (“to sew”). Cognate with Latin suō, Old English siwian (English sew).

Root

सिव् • (siv)

1. to sew, sew on, darn, stitch, stitch together
2. (figurative) to join, unite

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root सिव् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root सिव् (7 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• सीव्यति (sī́vyati, Present)
• सेविष्यति (seviṣyáti, Future)
• सेविता (sevitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• असेवीत् (ásevīt, Aorist)
• सिषेव (siṣéva, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• सेवयति (seváyati, Causative)
• सीवयति (sīváyati, Causative)
• असीषिवत् (ásīṣivat, Causative Aorist)
• सिसेविषति (siseviṣati, Desiderative)
• सुस्यूषति (susyūṣati, Desiderative)
• सेषीव्यते (seṣīvyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• स्यूत (syūtá, Past Participle)
• स्यूत्वा (syūtvā́, Gerund)
• सेवित्वा (sevitvā́, Gerund)
• सीव्य (sīvya, Gerundive)
• सेवितव्य (sevitavyá, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• स्यू (syū)
• सिव (siva)
• सीवक (sīvaka)
• सेव (seva)
• सेवन (sevana)
• सीवन (sīvana)
• सूत्र (sūtra)
• सून (sūná)
• स्यूमन् (syūman)
• स्योन (syoná)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “सिव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1218/1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सिव्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan