लुभ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • लोभ् (lobh)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (to love). Cognate with English love, Latin libido, Russian люби́ть (ljubítʹ), Czech libý، Albanian lyp and Persian آلفتن (âloftan).

Root

लुभ् • (lubh)

  1. to desire
  2. to covet
  3. to enchant, make crazy
  4. to long for
  5. to entice
  6. to be perplexed
  7. to allure

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लुभ् (0 c, 5 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root लुभ् (2 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • लुभ्यति (lúbhyati) (Present)
  • लुभति (lubhati) (Present)
  • लोभिष्यति (lobhiṣyáti) (Future)
  • लोब्धा (lobdhā́) (Periphrastic Future)
  • लोभिता (lobhitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अलुभत् (álubhat) (Aorist)
  • अलोभीत् (álobhīt) (Aorist)
  • लुलोभ (lulóbha) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • लोभयति (lobháyati) (Causative)
  • अलूलुभत् (álūlubhat) (Causative Aorist)
  • लोभ्यते (lobhyate) (Passive of Causative)
  • लुलुभिषति (lulubhiṣati) (Desiderative)
  • लुलोभिषति (lulobhiṣati) (Desiderative)
  • लुलोभयिषति (lulobhayiṣati) (Desiderative of Causative)
  • लोलुभ्यते (lolubhyate) (Intensive)
  • लोलोब्धि (lolobdhi) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • लुब्ध (lubdha) (Past Participle)
  • लुभित (lubhita) (Past Participle)
  • लोब्धुम् (lobdhum) (Infinitive)
  • लोभित्वा (lobhitvā) (Gerund)
  • लुभित्वा (lubhitvā) (Gerund)
  • लुब्ध्वा (lubdhvā) (Gerund)
  • लोभ्य (lobhya) (Gerundive)
  • लोभनीय (lobhanīya) (Gerundive)
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms
  • आलुभ् (ālubh)
  • प्रलुभ् (pralubh)

References

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “lubh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “LOBH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 483-4