पिश्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • पेश् (peś), पिंश् (piṃś)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (to hew, cut out; adorn; paint). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pьsati (to write); Latin pingō (paint) whence pigment, picture, paint.

Pronunciation

Root

पिश् • (piś)

  1. to hew out, carve, prepare, especially meat
  2. to make ready, adorn
  3. to form, fashion, mould

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पिश् (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पिश् (1 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • पिंशति (piṃśáti) (Present)
  • पेशिष्यति (peśiṣyáti) (Future)
  • पेशिता (peśitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अपेशीत् (ápeśīt) (Aorist)
  • पिशान (piśāná, Root-aorist mediopassive participle)
  • पिपेश (pipéśa) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • पिश्यते (piśyáte) (Passive)
  • पेशयति (peśáyati) (Causative)
  • अपीपिशत् (ápīpiśat) (Causative Aorist)
  • पिपिशिषति (pipiśiṣati) (Desiderative)
  • पिपेशिषति (pipeśiṣati) (Desiderative)
  • पेपिशीति (pépiśīti) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • पिष्ट (piṣṭá) (Past Participle)
  • पिशित (piśitá) (Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms
  • अभिपिश् (abhipiś)

Noun

पिश् • (píś) stemf

  1. ornament, decoration

Declension

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References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पिश्”, 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 (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 168-9