वृष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (to rain). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕρση (hérsē).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    वृष् • (vṛṣ)

    1. to rain, shower
    2. to pour forth, effuse, shed

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वृष् (0 c, 2 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वृष् (12 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • वर्षति (várṣati) (Present)
    • वृषते (vṛṣate) (Vedic present)
    • वर्षते (várṣate) (Present)
    • वर्षिष्यति (varṣiṣyati) (Future)
    • व्रष्टा (vraṣṭā́) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अवर्षीत् (ávarṣīt) (Aorist)
    • ववर्ष (vavarṣa) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • वर्षयति (varṣáyati) (Causative)
    • अवीवृषत् (ávīvṛṣat) (Causative Aorist)
    • विवर्षिषति (vivarṣiṣati) (Desiderative)
    • वरीवृष्यते (varīvṛṣyate) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • वृष्ट (vṛṣṭá) (Past Participle)
    • वर्षितुम् (varṣitum) (Infinitive)
    • वर्ष्टोस् (varṣṭos) (Infinitive)
    • वृष्य (vṛṣya) (Infinitive)
    • वर्षित्वा (varṣitvā́) (Gerund)
    • वृष्ट्वा (vṛṣṭvā́) (Gerund)
    Derived Nominal Forms

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वृष्”, 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