स्त्यै

Sanskrit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stayH-, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stjɑːj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪jɑj/

Root

स्त्यै • (styai)

1. to stiffen

Derived terms

• निष्ट्यायते (niṣṭyāyate)
• निष्ट्यै (niṣṭyai)
• स्तिया (stiyā)
• स्त्यान (styāna)
• स्त्यायति (styāyati)
• स्त्यायते (styāyate)
• स्त्येन (styena)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्त्यै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1260.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 194