मुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mewsH- (to pick up, take away). Connected with Sanskrit मूष (mūṣa, mouse, i.e., stealer).

Pronunciation

Root

मुष् • (muṣ)

  1. to steal, rob, plunder, carry off
  2. to ravish, captivate

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मुष् (0 c, 1 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मुष् not found
Primary Verbal Forms
  • मुष्णाति (muṣṇā́ti) (Present)
  • मुषति (muṣati) (Present)
  • मुषायति (muṣāyáti) (Present)
  • मोषिष्यति (moṣiṣyáti) (Future)
  • मोषिता (moṣitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अमोषीत् (ámoṣīt) (Aorist)
  • मुमोष (mumóṣa) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • मुष्यते (muṣyáte) (Passive)
  • अमोषि (ámoṣi) (Passive Aorist)
  • मोषयति (moṣáyati) (Causative)
  • अमूमुषत् (ámūmuṣat) (Causative Aorist)
  • मुमुषिषति (mumuṣiṣati) (Desiderative)
  • मोमुष्यते (momuṣyate) (Intensive)
  • मोमोष्टि (momoṣṭi) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • मुषित (muṣitá) (Past Participle)
  • मुष्ट (muṣṭa) (Past Participle)
  • मुषितुम् (muṣitum) (Infinitive)
  • मुषे (muṣé) (Infinitive)
  • मुषित्वा (muṣitvā) (Gerund)
  • मुष्य (múṣya) (Gerund)
  • मोष्य (moṣya) (Gerundive)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • मुषीवन् (muṣīván)
  • मूष (mūṣa)
  • मूषक (mūṣaka)
  • मोष (moṣa)
  • मोषण (moṣaṇa)
  • मोषिन् (moṣin)
Prefixed Root Forms
  • आमुष् (āmuṣ)
  • निर्मुष् (nirmuṣ)
  • परिमुष् (parimuṣ)
  • प्रमुष् (pramuṣ)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मुष्”, 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
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “muṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MOṢ (MOṢI)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 383-4
  • 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 392
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 445
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “743”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 743