अप्सस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápsas, ultimately reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₂épsos, from the root *h₂ep- (“to fasten”); compare Ossetian ӕфцӕг (æfcæg), Tocharian A āpsā (“limbs”), Hittite [script needed] (hapessar, “limb, joint, part of the body”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

अप्सस् • (ápsas) stem, n

  1. "the hidden part of the body", "the secret charms (of a wife)"
  2. form, beauty
  3. one possessed of beauty
  4. bosom, breast
  5. cheek
  6. forehead, face
  7. front side
  8. hidden fault, sin

Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of अप्सस् (ápsas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अप्सः
ápsaḥ		 अप्ससी
ápsasī		 अप्सांसि
ápsāṃsi
Vocative अप्सः
ápsaḥ		 अप्ससी
ápsasī		 अप्सांसि
ápsāṃsi
Accusative अप्सः
ápsaḥ		 अप्ससी
ápsasī		 अप्सांसि
ápsāṃsi
Instrumental अप्ससा
ápsasā		 अप्सोभ्याम्
ápsobhyām		 अप्सोभिः
ápsobhiḥ
Dative अप्ससे
ápsase		 अप्सोभ्याम्
ápsobhyām		 अप्सोभ्यः
ápsobhyaḥ
Ablative अप्ससः
ápsasaḥ		 अप्सोभ्याम्
ápsobhyām		 अप्सोभ्यः
ápsobhyaḥ
Genitive अप्ससः
ápsasaḥ		 अप्ससोः
ápsasoḥ		 अप्ससाम्
ápsasām
Locative अप्ससि
ápsasi		 अप्ससोः
ápsasoḥ		 अप्सःसु
ápsaḥsu

References
  1. Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₂épes-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180

Further reading
  • Bailey, H. W. (1969) “Arya Notes”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. I, Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, pages 137–145
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 90
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