आति
See also: आंते
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaHtíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHtíš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).[1]
Cognate with Latin anas, Ancient Greek νῆττᾰ (nêtta), Ossetian ацц (acc), Old East Slavic уты (uty), Old Prussian antis, Old English æned (whence English ennet).
Noun
आति • (ātí) stem, f
- (Vedic) an aquatic bird, probably a duck
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.95.9:
- यदा॑सु॒ मर्तो॑ अ॒मृता॑सु नि॒स्पृक्सं क्षो॒णीभिः॒ क्रतु॑भि॒र्न पृ॒ङ्क्ते ।
ता आ॒तयो॒ न त॒न्वः॑ शुम्भत॒ स्वा अश्वा॑सो॒ न क्री॒ळयो॒ दन्द॑शानाः ॥- yádāsu márto amṛ́tāsu nispṛ́ksáṃ kṣoṇī́bhiḥ krátubhirná pṛṅkté.
tā́ ātáyo ná tanvàḥ śumbhata svā́ áśvāso ná krīḷáyo dándaśānāḥ. - When a mortal, going to caress immortal women, mingles (with their bodies) amid their cries, as if by his intentions,
like ducks they preen their own bodies, like horses playful and constantly nipping.[2]
- yádāsu márto amṛ́tāsu nispṛ́ksáṃ kṣoṇī́bhiḥ krátubhirná pṛṅkté.
- यदा॑सु॒ मर्तो॑ अ॒मृता॑सु नि॒स्पृक्सं क्षो॒णीभिः॒ क्रतु॑भि॒र्न पृ॒ङ्क्ते ।
- the bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus, formerly known as Turdus ginginianus)
- the bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of आति (ātí) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | आतिः ātíḥ |
आती ātī́ |
आतयः ātáyaḥ |
| Vocative | आते ā́te |
आती ā́tī |
आतयः ā́tayaḥ |
| Accusative | आतिम् ātím |
आती ātī́ |
आतीः ātī́ḥ |
| Instrumental | आत्या / आती¹ ātyā́ / ātī́¹ |
आतिभ्याम् ātíbhyām |
आतिभिः ātíbhiḥ |
| Dative | आतये / आत्यै² / आती¹ ātáye / ātyaí² / ātī́¹ |
आतिभ्याम् ātíbhyām |
आतिभ्यः ātíbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | आतेः / आत्याः² / आत्यै³ ātéḥ / ātyā́ḥ² / ātyaí³ |
आतिभ्याम् ātíbhyām |
आतिभ्यः ātíbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | आतेः / आत्याः² / आत्यै³ ātéḥ / ātyā́ḥ² / ātyaí³ |
आत्योः ātyóḥ |
आतीनाम् ātīnā́m |
| Locative | आतौ / आत्याम्² / आता¹ ātaú / ātyā́m² / ātā́¹ |
आत्योः ātyóḥ |
आतिषु ātíṣu |
| Notes |
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References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 163
- Jamison, Stephanie W., Brereton, Joel P., transl. (2014), The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India, volume I-II, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1550
Further reading
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 134
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