लङ्घ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Later and more eastern form of रंह् (raṃh, to hasten), रङ्घ् (raṅgh), also with semantic development. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-

Pronunciation

Root

लङ्घ् • (laṅgh) (Classical Sanskrit)

  1. to leap

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लङ्घ् (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root लङ्घ् (1 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • लङ्घति (laṅghati) (Present)
  • लङ्घिष्यति (laṅghiṣyati) (Future)
  • लङ्घिता (laṅghitā) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अलङ्घीत् (alaṅghīt) (Aorist)
  • ललङ्घ (lalaṅgha) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
  • लङ्घित (laṅghita) (Past Participle)
  • लङ्घ्य (laṅghya) (Gerundive)
  • लङ्घनीय (laṅghanīya) (Gerundive)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • लङ्घक (laṅghaka)
  • लङ्घिन् (laṅghin)
  • लङ्घन (laṅghana)

References

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 86
  • Monier Williams (1899) “लङ्घ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0895.
  • William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 145