सृक

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sr̥gás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sr̥gás, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥ǵ-ós, from *selǵ- (“to let go, send”), possibly related to सृग (sṛgá) and English sulk. The final ka in sṛká can be obtained if one hypothesizes an athematic PIE noun *sl̥ǵ that would yield सृक् (sṛk) due to devoicing of final consonants, followed by its reanalysis as a thematic noun to give sṛká. However, given that Proto-Indo-European *ǵ yields Sanskrit j instead of g, an innovation can be considered, or a borrowing from some centum branch of Indo-European.

Monier-Williams suggests a derivation from the Sanskrit roots which in turn derive from PIE *selǵ: सृ (sṛ, “to run, flow, speed, glide”) or सृज् (sṛj, “to throw, cast, eject”), and also proposes a derivation from an obsolete root सृक् (sṛk, “to be pointed”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sr̩.kɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪r̩.kɐ/

Noun

सृक • (sṛká) stem, m

1. arrow, spear
2. wind
3. a lotus flower

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सृक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सृकः (sṛkáḥ)	सृकौ (sṛkaú) सृका¹ (sṛkā́¹)	सृकाः (sṛkā́ḥ) सृकासः¹ (sṛkā́saḥ¹)
vocative	सृक (sṛ́ka)	सृकौ (sṛ́kau) सृका¹ (sṛ́kā¹)	सृकाः (sṛ́kāḥ) सृकासः¹ (sṛ́kāsaḥ¹)
accusative	सृकम् (sṛkám)	सृकौ (sṛkaú) सृका¹ (sṛkā́¹)	सृकान् (sṛkā́n)
instrumental	सृकेण (sṛkéṇa)	सृकाभ्याम् (sṛkā́bhyām)	सृकैः (sṛkaíḥ) सृकेभिः¹ (sṛkébhiḥ¹)
dative	सृकाय (sṛkā́ya)	सृकाभ्याम् (sṛkā́bhyām)	सृकेभ्यः (sṛkébhyaḥ)
ablative	सृकात् (sṛkā́t)	सृकाभ्याम् (sṛkā́bhyām)	सृकेभ्यः (sṛkébhyaḥ)
genitive	सृकस्य (sṛkásya)	सृकयोः (sṛkáyoḥ)	सृकाणाम् (sṛkā́ṇām)
locative	सृके (sṛké)	सृकयोः (sṛkáyoḥ)	सृकेषु (sṛkéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सृक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245.