लू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *lawH-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (to cut off, release).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    लू • ()[1][2]

    1. to cut off

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लू (0 c, 1 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root लू (4 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • लुनाति (lunā́ti) (Present)
    • लुनोति (lunoti) (Present)
    • लविष्यति (laviṣyáti) (Future)
    • लविता (lavitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अलावीत् (álāvīt) (Aorist)
    • लुलाव (lulā́va) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • लूयते (lūyáte) (Passive)
    • अलावि (álāvi) (Passive Aorist)
    • लावयति (lāváyati) (Causative)
    • अलीलवत् (álīlavat) (Causative Aorist)
    • लुलूषति (lulūṣati) (Desiderative)
    • लोलूयते (lolūyate) (Intensive)
    • लोलोति (loloti) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • लून (lūna) (Past Participle)
    • लूत (lūta) (Past Participle)
    • लवितुम् (lavitum) (Infinitive)
    • लूत्वा (lūtvā) (Gerund)
    • लावम् (lāvam) (Gerund)
    • लव्य (lavya) (Gerundive)
    • लाव्य (lāvya) (Gerundive)
    • लवितव्य (lavitavya) (Gerundive)
    • लवनीय (lavanīya) (Gerundive)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    • लव (láva)
    • लवन (lavana)
    • लाव (lāva)
    • लावक (lāvaka)

    References

    1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “लू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0905.
    2. ^ William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 150