श्यै

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • श्या (śyā), शी (śī)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Related to Ossetian суюн (sujun, freeze). Outside of Indo-Iranian, perhaps related to Lithuanian šešélis (shade, shadow).

Pronunciation

Root

श्यै • (śyai)

  1. to cause to congeal or freeze
  2. to go, move
  3. to congeal, freeze, be cold

Derived terms

  • अश्यास्त (aśyāsta)
  • शश्ये (śaśye)
  • शाश्याति (śāśyāti)
  • शाश्यायते (śāśyāyate)
  • शाश्येति (śāśyeti)
  • शिश्यासते (śiśyāsate)
  • शीत (śīta)
  • शीयते (śīyate)
  • श्याता (śyātā)
  • श्यापयति (śyāpayati)
  • श्यायति (śyāyati)
  • श्यायते (śyāyate)
  • श्यास्यते (śyāsyate)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “श्यै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1095/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 177
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 660-1
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 383-4
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