दुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

দুষ্ (Assamese script)
ᬤᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
দুষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဒုၑ် (Burmese script)
દુષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਦੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ದುಷ್ (Kannada script)
ទុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ທຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
ദുഷ് (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢑᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ଦୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
ꢣꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
දුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
து³ஷ் (Tamil script)
దుష్ (Telugu script)
ทุษฺ (Thai script)
དུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) whence English dys-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /duʂ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪uʂ/

Root

दुष् • (duṣ)

to become bad, corrupted
to be defiled, impure
to be ruined, perish
to sin

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दुष् (0 c, 4 e)

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

Primary Verbal Forms

दुष्यति (duṣyati) (Present)
दूष्यति (dūṣyati) (Present)
दोक्ष्यति (dokṣyati) (Future)
दोष्टा (doṣṭā) (Periphrastic Future)
अदुषत् (aduṣat) (Aorist)
दुदोष (dudoṣa) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

दूषयति (dūṣáyati) (Causative)
दोषयति (doṣayati) (Causative)
अदूदुषत् (ádūduṣat) (Causative Aorist)
दूष्यते (dūṣyate) (Passive of Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

दुष्ट (duṣṭá) (Past Participle)
दोष्य (doṣya) (Gerundive)
दूषित (dūṣita) (Causative Past Participle)
दूष्य (dūṣya) (Causative Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

दूष (dūṣa)
दूषक (dūṣaka)
दूषण (dū́ṣaṇa, “corrupting, spoiling”)
दूषयितृ (dūṣayitṛ)
दूषि (dū́ṣi)
दूषिन् (dūṣin)
दुष्टि (dúṣṭi)
दोष (doṣa)

Prefixed Root Forms

अनुदुष् (anuduṣ)
प्रदुष् (praduṣ)
विदुष् (viduṣ)
संदुष् (saṃduṣ)

See also

दुस्- (dus-)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “दुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0488.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दुष्”, 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 076

Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दुष्”, 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) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 735-736

Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338
Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0227”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0227