यस्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • येष् (yeṣ) (from the weak stem of reduplicated ययस्ति (yayasti))

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yes- (to boil, foam). Cognate with Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō) and English yeast.

Pronunciation

Root

यस् • (yas)

  1. to froth up, foam
  2. to heat or exert oneself
  3. to strive after

Derived terms

Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root यस् not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root यस् not found
Primary Verbal Forms
  • यस्यति (yásyati) (Present)
  • ययस्ति (yayasti) (Present)
  • येषति (yéṣati) (Present)
  • यसिष्यति (yasiṣyáti) (Future)
  • यसिता (yasitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अयसत् (áyasat) (Aorist)
  • ययास (yayā́sa) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • यासयति (yāsáyati) (Causative)
  • अयीयसत् (áyīyasat) (Causative Aorist)
  • यास्यते (yāsyáte) (Passive of Causative)
  • यियसिषति (yiyasiṣati) (Desiderative)
  • यायस्यते (yāyasyate) (Intensive)
  • यायस्ति (yāyasti) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • यस्त (yastá) (Past Participle)
  • यसित (yasita) (Past Participle)
  • यसितुम् (yasitum) (Infinitive)
  • यसित्वा (yasitvā) (Gerund)
  • यस्त्वा (yastvā) (Gerund)
Prefixed Root Forms
  • आयस् (āyas)
  • प्रयस् (prayas)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “यस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 849, column 1.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “यस्”, 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 130
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “यस्”, 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) “YAS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 406-407
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 312-313