प्रुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • प्रोष् (proṣ)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (to sprinkle, radiate, freeze). Cognate with Latin pruina (rime, hoarfrost), pruna (burning coal), pruriō (to itch) whence English prurient; English freeze, frost.

Pronunciation

Root

प्रुष् • (pruṣ)

  1. to sprinkle, shower, wet, moisten
  2. to become wet, fill

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रुष् (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root प्रुष् (1 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇóti) (Present)
  • प्रुष्णाति (pruṣṇā́ti) (Present)
  • प्रुष्यति (pruṣyati) (Present)
  • प्रुषायति (pruṣāyáti) (Present)
  • प्रोषिष्यति (proṣiṣyáti) (Future)
  • प्रोषिता (proṣitā) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अप्रोषीत् (aproṣīt) (Aorist)
  • पुप्रोष (puproṣa) (Perfect)
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
  • अभ्रप्रुष् (abhraprúṣ)
  • घृतप्रुष् (ghṛtaprúṣ)
  • प्रुष्वा (pruṣvā́, hoarfrost, rime, ice)
Prefixed Root Forms
  • विप्रुष् (vipruṣ)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “प्रुष्”, 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 191; 192-3