विष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বিষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိၑ် (Burmese script)
- વિષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
- វិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວິຩ຺ (Lao script)
- വിഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵିଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- විෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
- விஷ் (Tamil script)
- విష్ (Telugu script)
- วิษฺ (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋiʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋiʂ/
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). Other theories derive the root from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to spread, increase, produce”).
Alternative forms
- वेष् (veṣ)
Root
विष् • (viṣ)
- to be active, act, work, do, perform
- to be quick, speed, run, flow (as water)
- to work as a servant, serve
- to have done with, i.e. overcome, subdue, rule
- to be contained in
- to clothe
- to consume, eat
Derived terms
- अविक्षत् (avikṣat)
- अविवेषीः (aviveṣīḥ)
- अविषत् (aviṣat)
- विड्ढि (viḍḍhi)
- विविषुः (viviṣuḥ)
- विवेः (viveḥ)
- विवेष (viveṣa)
- विवेषः (viveṣaḥ)
- विवेष्टि (viveṣṭi)
- विष्ट्वी (viṣṭvī)
- वेक्ष्यति (vekṣyati)
- वेक्ष्यते (vekṣyate)
- वेविषत् (veviṣat)
- वेविषाण (veviṣāṇa)
- वेविष्टे (veviṣṭe)
- वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi)
- वेषति (veṣati)
- वेषयति (veṣayati)
- वेष्टा (veṣṭā)
- वेष्टुम् (veṣṭum)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
विष् • (viṣ) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | विट् (viṭ) | विषौ (viṣau) विषा¹ (viṣā¹) |
विषः (viṣaḥ) |
| accusative | विषम् (viṣam) | विषौ (viṣau) विषा¹ (viṣā¹) |
विषः (viṣaḥ) |
| instrumental | विषा (viṣā) | विड्भ्याम् (viḍbhyām) | विड्भिः (viḍbhiḥ) |
| dative | विषे (viṣe) | विड्भ्याम् (viḍbhyām) | विड्भ्यः (viḍbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | विषः (viṣaḥ) | विड्भ्याम् (viḍbhyām) | विड्भ्यः (viḍbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | विषः (viṣaḥ) | विषोः (viṣoḥ) | विषाम् (viṣām) |
| locative | विषि (viṣi) | विषोः (viṣoḥ) | विट्सु (viṭsu) |
| vocative | विट् (viṭ) | विषौ (viṣau) विषा¹ (viṣā¹) |
विषः (viṣaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “विष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 995/2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 161
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 563; 585-6
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416