गुह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

গুহ্ (Assamese script)
ᬕᬸᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
গুহ্ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰲𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀼𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဂုဟ် (Burmese script)
ગુહ્ (Gujarati script)
ਗੁਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍁𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦸꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂳𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಗುಹ್ (Kannada script)
គុហ៑ (Khmer script)
ຄຸຫ຺ (Lao script)
ഗുഹ് (Malayalam script)
ᡤᡠᡥ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘳𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠺᠤᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧔𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐸𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
ଗୁହ୍ (Odia script)
ꢔꢸꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆶𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖲𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
ගුහ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩒𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚰𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
கு³ஹ் (Tamil script)
గుహ్ (Telugu script)
คุหฺ (Thai script)
གུ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒳𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨃𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (“to hide, conceal”). See गूहति (gūhati) for cognates.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡúɦ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡuɦ/

Root

गुह् • (guh)

to cover, conceal, hide
to keep secret

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गुह् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गुह् (3 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

गूहति (gū́hati) (Present)
गूहिष्यति (gūhiṣyáti) (Future)
घोक्ष्यति (ghokṣyáti) (Future)
गूहिता (gūhitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
गोढा (goḍhā́) (Periphrastic Future)
अघुक्षत् (ághukṣat) (Aorist)
अगुहत् (águhat) (Aorist)
अगूहीत् (ágūhīt) (Aorist)
जुगूह (jugū́ha) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

गुह्यते (guhyáte) (Passive)
अगूहि (ágūhi) (Passive Aorist)
गूहयति (gūháyati) (Causative)
अजूगुहत् (ájūguhat) (Causative Aorist)
जुगुक्षति (jugukṣati) (Desiderative)
जुघुक्षति (jughukṣati) (Desiderative)
जोगुह्यते (joguhyate) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

गूढ (gūḍhá) (Past Participle)
गूहितुम् (gūhitum) (Infinitive)
गूहित्वा (gūhitvā) (Gerund)
गूढ्वा (gūḍhvā) (Gerund)
गूढ्वी (gūḍhvī́) (Gerund)
गुह्य (guhya) (Gerund)
गुह्य (gúhya) (Gerundive)
गोह्य (gohya) (Gerundive)
गूहितव्य (gūhitavya) (Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

गुह् (gúh)
गुह (guha)
गुहा (gúhā)
गूह (gūha)
गूहन (gūhana)
गूहितृ (gūhitṛ)
गोह (góha)
गोहन (gohana)

Prefixed Root Forms

अपगुह् (apaguh)
अवगुह् (avaguh)
उद्गुह् (udguh)
उपगुह् (upaguh)
निगुह् (niguh)

Noun

गुह् • (gúh) stem, f

a hiding place, cave, den, lair
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.67.6:
  प्रि॒या प॒दानि॑ प॒श्वो नि पा॑हि वि॒श्वायु॑रग्ने गु॒हा गुहं॑ गाः ॥
  priyā́ padā́ni paśvó ní pāhi viśvā́yuragne guhā́ gúhaṃ gāḥ.
  O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of गुह्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	घुट् (ghúṭ)	गुहौ (gúhau) गुहा¹ (gúhā¹)	गुहः (gúhaḥ)
accusative	गुहम् (gúham)	गुहौ (gúhau) गुहा¹ (gúhā¹)	गुहः (gúhaḥ)
instrumental	गुहा (guhā́)	घुड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m)	घुड्भिः (ghuḍbhíḥ)
dative	गुहे (guhé)	घुड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m)	घुड्भ्यः (ghuḍbhyáḥ)
ablative	गुहः (guháḥ)	घुड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m)	घुड्भ्यः (ghuḍbhyáḥ)
genitive	गुहः (guháḥ)	गुहोः (guhóḥ)	गुहाम् (guhā́m)
locative	गुहि (guhí)	गुहोः (guhóḥ)	घुट्सु (ghuṭsú)
vocative	घुट् (ghúṭ)	गुहौ (gúhau) गुहा¹ (gúhā¹)	गुहः (gúhaḥ)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “गुह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 360, column 2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गुह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 38

Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गुह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “GOH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 502-3