स्फ्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্ফ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬨ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• স্ফ্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰣𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀨𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• သ္ဖျ (Burmese script)
• સ્ફ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਫ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦦꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂤𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ಫ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ស្ផ្យ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຜ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• സ്ഫ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡦᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘣𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠹᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧃𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐦𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଫ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢧ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆦𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖣𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්ඵ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩱 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚟𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஸ்ப்²ய (Tamil script)
• స్ఫ్య (Telugu script)
• สฺผฺย (Thai script)
• སྥྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒤𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨟𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably related to Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē) and English spade.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /spʰjɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪pʰjɐ/

Noun

स्फ्य • (sphyá) stem, n

1. shoulder blade
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. an implement used in sacrifices described as a flat piece of wood
3. an oar
4. the spar or boom of a ship

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of स्फ्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्फ्यम् (sphyám)	स्फ्ये (sphyé)	स्फ्यानि (sphyā́ni) स्फ्या¹ (sphyā́¹)
vocative	स्फ्य (sphyá)	स्फ्ये (sphyé)	स्फ्यानि (sphyā́ni) स्फ्या¹ (sphyā́¹)
accusative	स्फ्यम् (sphyám)	स्फ्ये (sphyé)	स्फ्यानि (sphyā́ni) स्फ्या¹ (sphyā́¹)
instrumental	स्फ्येन (sphyéna)	स्फ्याभ्याम् (sphyā́bhyām)	स्फ्यैः (sphyaíḥ) स्फ्येभिः¹ (sphyébhiḥ¹)
dative	स्फ्याय (sphyā́ya)	स्फ्याभ्याम् (sphyā́bhyām)	स्फ्येभ्यः (sphyébhyaḥ)
ablative	स्फ्यात् (sphyā́t)	स्फ्याभ्याम् (sphyā́bhyām)	स्फ्येभ्यः (sphyébhyaḥ)
genitive	स्फ्यस्य (sphyásya)	स्फ्ययोः (sphyáyoḥ)	स्फ्यानाम् (sphyā́nām)
locative	स्फ्ये (sphyé)	स्फ्ययोः (sphyáyoḥ)	स्फ्येषु (sphyéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्फ्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1271, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 779
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) “sphyáḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 547