गूथ
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
गूथ n or m
- Devanagari script form of gūtha (“faeces”)
Declension
Declension table of "गूथ" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | गूथं (gūthaṃ) | गूथानि (gūthāni) |
| Accusative (second) | गूथं (gūthaṃ) | गूथानि (gūthāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | गूथेन (gūthena) | गूथेहि (gūthehi) or गूथेभि (gūthebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | गूथस्स (gūthassa) or गूथाय (gūthāya) or गूथत्थं (gūthatthaṃ) | गूथानं (gūthānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | गूथस्मा (gūthasmā) or गूथम्हा (gūthamhā) or गूथा (gūthā) | गूथेहि (gūthehi) or गूथेभि (gūthebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | गूथस्स (gūthassa) | गूथानं (gūthānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | गूथस्मिं (gūthasmiṃ) or गूथम्हि (gūthamhi) or गूथे (gūthe) | गूथेसु (gūthesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | गूथ (gūtha) | गूथानि (gūthāni) |
When masculine, the following three cases have some differences:
Declension table of "गूथ" (masculine)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গূথ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬹᬣ (Balinese script)
- গূথ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰳𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
- ဂူထ (Burmese script)
- ગૂથ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੂਥ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍂𑌥 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦹꦡ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂴𑂟 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೂಥ (Kannada script)
- គូថ (Khmer script)
- ຄູຖ (Lao script)
- ഗൂഥ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᡠᡠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘴𑘞 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠤᠤᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧕𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐹𑐠 (Newa script)
- ଗୂଥ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢹꢢ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆷𑆡 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖳𑖞 (Siddham script)
- ගූථ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩒𑩛𑩬 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚱𑚚 (Takri script)
- கூ³த² (Tamil script)
- గూథ (Telugu script)
- คูถ (Thai script)
- གཱུ་ཐ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒴𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨃𑨊𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *guHtʰás. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *govьno, Proto-Iranian *guHθáh (whence Avestan 𐬔𐬏𐬚𐬀 (gūθa), Persian گوه (guh)). The Sanskrit root is गू (gū).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡuː.t̪ʰɐ/
Noun
गूथ • (gūtha) stem, m or n (Classical Sanskrit)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गूथः (gūthaḥ) | गूथौ (gūthau) | गूथाः (gūthāḥ) |
| accusative | गूथम् (gūtham) | गूथौ (gūthau) | गूथान् (gūthān) |
| instrumental | गूथेन (gūthena) | गूथाभ्याम् (gūthābhyām) | गूथैः (gūthaiḥ) |
| dative | गूथाय (gūthāya) | गूथाभ्याम् (gūthābhyām) | गूथेभ्यः (gūthebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गूथात् (gūthāt) | गूथाभ्याम् (gūthābhyām) | गूथेभ्यः (gūthebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गूथस्य (gūthasya) | गूथयोः (gūthayoḥ) | गूथानाम् (gūthānām) |
| locative | गूथे (gūthe) | गूथयोः (gūthayoḥ) | गूथेषु (gūtheṣu) |
| vocative | गूथ (gūtha) | गूथौ (gūthau) | गूथाः (gūthāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गूथम् (gūtham) | गूथे (gūthe) | गूथानि (gūthāni) |
| accusative | गूथम् (gūtham) | गूथे (gūthe) | गूथानि (gūthāni) |
| instrumental | गूथेन (gūthena) | गूथाभ्याम् (gūthābhyām) | गूथैः (gūthaiḥ) |
| dative | गूथाय (gūthāya) | गूथाभ्याम् (gūthābhyām) | गूथेभ्यः (gūthebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गूथात् (gūthāt) | गूथाभ्याम् (gūthābhyām) | गूथेभ्यः (gūthebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गूथस्य (gūthasya) | गूथयोः (gūthayoḥ) | गूथानाम् (gūthānām) |
| locative | गूथे (gūthe) | गूथयोः (gūthayoḥ) | गूथेषु (gūtheṣu) |
| vocative | गूथ (gūtha) | गूथे (gūthe) | गूथानि (gūthāni) |
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Pali: gūtha
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑀽𑀳 (gūha)
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Northwestern:
- Southern:
- Western:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: ગૂ (gū)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- → Odia: ଗୁଥ (gutha) (learned)
- → Sinhalese: ගූථ (gūtha) (learned)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gūtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 226
- Monier Williams (1899) “गूथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0361.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गूथ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 667
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “gūtha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.