वस्

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *was, from Proto-Indo-European *wos. Cognate with Latin vōs, Avestan 𐬬𐬃 (vā̊).[1]

Pronoun

वस् • (vas)[2]

  2. enclitic accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám)

Etymology 2

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *was-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *was-, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe, wear”).[3]

    Root

    वस् • (vas)[4]

    1. to put on, invest, wear (clothes etc.), assume (a form etc.), enter into
    Derived terms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 15 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • वस्ते (váste) (Present)
    • वसिष्यते (vasiṣyate) (Future)
    • वत्स्यति (vatsyati) (Future)
    • वसिता (vasitā) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अवसिष्ट (ávasiṣṭa) (Aorist)
    • वावसे (vāvasé) (Perfect)
    • ववसे (vavasé) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • वासयति (vāsáyati) (Causative)
    • अवीवसत् (ávīvasat) (Causative Aorist)
    • वास्यते (vāsyate) (Passive of Causative)
    • विवसिषते (vivasiṣate) (Desiderative)
    • वावस्यते (vāvasyate) (Intensive)
    • वावस्ति (vāvasti) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • वसित (vasita) (Past Participle)
    • वसितुम् (vasitum) (Infinitive)
    • वसित्वा (vasitvā) (Gerund)
    • वास्य (vāsyà) (Gerundive)
    • वसितव्य (vasitavya) (Gerundive)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms
    • अनुवस् (anuvas)
    • अभिवस् (abhivas)
    • निवस् (nivas)
    • प्रवस् (pravas)
    • विवस् (vivas)
    • संवस् (saṃvas)

    Etymology 3

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to become light; to dawn”).[5]

    Alternative forms

    Root

    वस् • (vas)[6]

    1. to shine, grow bright (esp. applied to the dawn)
    2. to bestow by shining upon
    3. (with दूरे (dūre)) to drive away by shining
    Derived terms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 15 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    • वासयति (vāsáyati) (Causative)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • उष्ट (uṣṭá) (Past Participle)
    • वस्तवे (vástave) (Infinitive)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms
    • अपवस् (apavas)
    • विवस् (vivas)

    Etymology 4

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, reside”).[7]

    Root

    वस् • (vas)[8]

    1. to dwell, reside
    2. to remain, abide with or in
    3. to remain or keep on or continue in any condition
    4. to stay, stay put, remain, stop (at a place)
    5. to have sexual intercourse with
    6. to rest upon
    7. to charge or entrust with
    Derived terms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 15 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    • उष्यते (uṣyáte) (Passive)
    • अवासि (ávāsi) (Passive Aorist)
    • वासयति (vāsáyati) (Causative)
    • अवीवसत् (ávīvasat) (Causative Aorist)
    • वास्यते (vāsyáte) (Passive of Causative)
    • विवत्सति (vivatsati) (Desiderative)
    • वावस्यते (vāvasyate) (Intensive)
    • वावस्ति (vāvasti) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • उषित (uṣita) (Past Participle)
    • वसित (vasita) (Past Participle)
    • वस्तुम् (vastum) (Infinitive)
    • वसितुम् (vasitum) (Infinitive)
    • उषित्वा (uṣitvā́) (Gerund)
    • उष्ट्वा (uṣṭvā) (Gerund)
    • उष्य (úṣya) (Gerund)
    • वस्तव्य (vastavyà) (Gerundive)
    • उषितव्य (uṣitavya) (Gerundive)
    • वासयितव्य (vāsayitavya) (Causative Gerundive)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms
    • अधिवस् (adhivas)
    • अनुवस् (anuvas)
    • आवस् (āvas)
    • उद्वस् (udvas)
    • उपवस् (upavas)
    • निर्वस् (nirvas)
    • निवस् (nivas)
    • परिवस् (parivas)
    • प्रतिवस् (prativas)
    • प्रवस् (pravas)
    • विवस् (vivas)
    • संवस् (saṃvas)

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532
    2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930, column 1.
    3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 529-30
    4. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “4. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 1.
    5. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
    6. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “2. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930, column 1.
    7. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[4] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-2
    8. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “5. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 2.

    Further reading

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वस्”, 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
    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 565-7
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