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): /ˈs̪r̩.kɐ/

Noun

सृक • (sṛká) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सृक (sṛká)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सृकः sṛkáḥ	सृकौ / सृका¹ sṛkaú / sṛkā́¹	सृकाः / सृकासः¹ sṛkā́ḥ / sṛkā́saḥ¹
Vocative	सृक sṛ́ka	सृकौ / सृका¹ sṛ́kau / sṛ́kā¹	सृकाः / सृकासः¹ sṛ́kāḥ / sṛ́kāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सृकम् sṛkám	सृकौ / सृका¹ sṛkaú / sṛkā́¹	सृकान् sṛkā́n
Instrumental	सृकेण sṛkéṇa	सृकाभ्याम् sṛkā́bhyām	सृकैः / सृकेभिः¹ sṛkaíḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

References

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