शर्ध
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“herd, row”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (sarəδa), Russian череда́ (čeredá, “train, sequence”), Ancient Greek κόρθυς (kórthus, “heap”), Old English heord (whence English herd).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ́ɾ.dʱɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐɾ.d̪ʱɐ/
Noun
शर्ध • (śárdha) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शर्धः (śárdhaḥ) | शर्धौ (śárdhau) शर्धा¹ (śárdhā¹) |
शर्धाः (śárdhāḥ) शर्धासः¹ (śárdhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शर्धम् (śárdham) | शर्धौ (śárdhau) शर्धा¹ (śárdhā¹) |
शर्धान् (śárdhān) |
| instrumental | शर्धेन (śárdhena) | शर्धाभ्याम् (śárdhābhyām) | शर्धैः (śárdhaiḥ) शर्धेभिः¹ (śárdhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शर्धाय (śárdhāya) | शर्धाभ्याम् (śárdhābhyām) | शर्धेभ्यः (śárdhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शर्धात् (śárdhāt) | शर्धाभ्याम् (śárdhābhyām) | शर्धेभ्यः (śárdhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शर्धस्य (śárdhasya) | शर्धयोः (śárdhayoḥ) | शर्धानाम् (śárdhānām) |
| locative | शर्धे (śárdhe) | शर्धयोः (śárdhayoḥ) | शर्धेषु (śárdheṣu) |
| vocative | शर्ध (śárdha) | शर्धौ (śárdhau) शर्धा¹ (śárdhā¹) |
शर्धाः (śárdhāḥ) शर्धासः¹ (śárdhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शर्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1058/2.