आगस्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hā́gas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́gas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ég-os ~ *h₂ég-es-, from *h₂eg- (“sin, crime, fault”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγος (ágos, “pollution, guilt”), Old English acan (whence English ache).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑ́ː.ɡɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɡɐs̪/
Noun
आगस् • (ā́gas) stem, n
- transgression, offence, injury, sin, fault
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.57.4:
- ऋध॒क्सा वो॑ मरुतो दि॒द्युद॑स्तु॒ यद्व॒ आगः॑ पुरु॒षता॒ करा॑म ।
मा व॒स्तस्या॒मपि॑ भूमा यजत्रा अ॒स्मे वो॑ अस्तु सुम॒तिश्चनि॑ष्ठा ॥- ṛ́dhaksā́ vo maruto didyúdastu yádva ā́gaḥ puruṣátā kárāma.
mā́ vastásyāmápi bhūmā yajatrā asmé vo astu sumatíścániṣṭhā. - Far from us be your blazing dart, O Maruts, when we, through human frailty, commit a sin against you.
Let us not be exposed to that, ye Holy! May your most loving favour still attend us.
- ṛ́dhaksā́ vo maruto didyúdastu yádva ā́gaḥ puruṣátā kárāma.
- ऋध॒क्सा वो॑ मरुतो दि॒द्युद॑स्तु॒ यद्व॒ आगः॑ पुरु॒षता॒ करा॑म ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आगः (ā́gaḥ) | आगसी (ā́gasī) | आगांसि (ā́gāṃsi) |
| accusative | आगः (ā́gaḥ) | आगसी (ā́gasī) | आगांसि (ā́gāṃsi) |
| instrumental | आगसा (ā́gasā) | आगोभ्याम् (ā́gobhyām) | आगोभिः (ā́gobhiḥ) |
| dative | आगसे (ā́gase) | आगोभ्याम् (ā́gobhyām) | आगोभ्यः (ā́gobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आगसः (ā́gasaḥ) | आगोभ्याम् (ā́gobhyām) | आगोभ्यः (ā́gobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आगसः (ā́gasaḥ) | आगसोः (ā́gasoḥ) | आगसाम् (ā́gasām) |
| locative | आगसि (ā́gasi) | आगसोः (ā́gasoḥ) | आगःसु (ā́gaḥsu) |
| vocative | आगः (ā́gaḥ) | आगसी (ā́gasī) | आगांसि (ā́gāṃsi) |