मिह्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মিহ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মিহ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မိဟ် (Burmese script)
- મિહ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਿਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂱𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
- មិហ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມິຫ຺ (Lao script)
- മിഹ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘱𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧒𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମିହ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මිහ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚮𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
- மிஹ் (Tamil script)
- మిహ్ (Telugu script)
- มิหฺ (Thai script)
- མི་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíkš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃mígʰs, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”), English mist. Also related to मेघ (meghá, “cloud”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /míɦ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /miɦ/
Noun
मिह् • (míh) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मिक् (mík) | मिहौ (míhau) मिहा¹ (míhā¹) |
मिहः (míhaḥ) |
| accusative | मिहम् (míham) | मिहौ (míhau) मिहा¹ (míhā¹) |
मिहः (míhaḥ) |
| instrumental | मिहा (mihā́) | मिग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m) | मिग्भिः (migbhíḥ) |
| dative | मिहे (mihé) | मिग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m) | मिग्भ्यः (migbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | मिहः (miháḥ) | मिग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m) | मिग्भ्यः (migbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | मिहः (miháḥ) | मिहोः (mihóḥ) | मिहाम् (mihā́m) |
| locative | मिहि (mihí) | मिहोः (mihóḥ) | मिक्षु (mikṣú) |
| vocative | मिक् (mík) | मिहौ (míhau) मिहा¹ (míhā¹) |
मिहः (míhaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Latin meiō, Old English mīgan.
Root
मिह् • (mih)
- to urinate
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मिह् (0 c, 2 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मिह् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- मेहति (méhati) (Present)
- मेक्ष्यति (mekṣyáti) (Future)
- मेढा (meḍhā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अमिक्षत् (ámikṣat) (Aorist)
- अमिहत् (ámihat) (Aorist)
- मिमेह (miméha) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- मेहयति (meháyati) (Causative)
- अमीमिहत् (ámīmihat) (Causative Aorist)
- Non-Finite Forms
- मीढ (mīḍhá) (Past Participle)
- मिहे (mihé) (Infinitive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अभिमिह् (abhimih)
- अवमिह् (avamih)
- निमिह् (nimih)
- प्रतिमिह् (pratimih)
- प्रमिह् (pramih)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मिह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “meghá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 374-375
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MEH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 381
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 301-302