gūtha

See also: gutha and guþa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• गूथ (Devanagari script)
• গূথ (Bengali script)
• ගූථ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂူထ or ၷူထ (Burmese script)
• คูถ or คูถะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩪᨳ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄູຖ or ຄູຖະ (Lao script)
• គូថ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄫𑄗 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha), from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʷ)uH-.

Noun

gūtha n or m

1. faeces, dung

Declension

Declension table of "gūtha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gūthaṃ	gūthāni
Accusative (second)	gūthaṃ	gūthāni
Instrumental (third)	gūthena	gūthehi or gūthebhi
Dative (fourth)	gūthassa or gūthāya or gūthatthaṃ	gūthānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gūthasmā or gūthamhā or gūthā	gūthehi or gūthebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gūthassa	gūthānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gūthasmiṃ or gūthamhi or gūthe	gūthesu
Vocative (calling)	gūtha	gūthāni

When masculine, the following three cases have some differences:

Declension table of "gūtha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gūtho	gūthā
Accusative (second)	gūthaṃ	gūthe
Vocative (calling)	gūtha	gūthā

Descendants

• → Khmer: គូថ (kuut) (learned)
• → Thai: คูถ (kûut) (learned)

See also

• mutta

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gūtha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 151.