श्वस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (to pant, puff, sigh). Cognate with Old Norse hvæsa (to hiss), English wheeze, and Latin queror (to complain), whence English quarrel.[1]

    Alternative forms

    Root

    श्वस् • (śvas)

    1. to blow, hiss, pant, snort
    2. to breathe, respire, draw breath
    3. to live
    4. to sigh, groan
    5. to strike, kill
    Derived terms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्वस् (0 c, 5 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root श्वस् (6 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • श्वसिति (śvásiti) (Present)
    • श्वसति (śvásati) (Present)
    • श्वसिष्यति (śvasiṣyati) (Future)
    • श्वसिता (śvasitā) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अश्वसीत् (áśvasīt) (Aorist)
    • शश्वास (śaśvā́sa) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • श्वासयति (śvāsáyati) (Causative)
    • अशिश्वसत् (áśiśvasat) (Causative Aorist)
    • शिश्वसिषति (śiśvasiṣati) (Desiderative)
    • शाश्वस्यते (śāśvasyate) (Intensive)
    • शाश्वस्ति (śāśvasti) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • श्वसित (śvasita) (Past Participle)
    • श्वस्त (śvasta) (Past Participle)
    • श्वसितुम् (śvasitum) (Infinitive)
    • श्वसस् (śvásas) (Infinitive)
    • श्वास्य (śvāsya) (Gerundive)
    • श्वसनीय (śvasanīya) (Gerundive)
    • श्वसितव्य (śvasitavya) (Gerundive)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    • श्वस (śvasa)
    • श्वास (śvāsa)
    • श्वासिन् (śvāsin)
    • शूष (śūṣá)
    • शोष (śóṣa)
    • श्वसन (śvasaná)
    • श्वसथ (śvasátha)
    • शुष्म (śúṣma)
    • शुष्मन् (śuṣman)
    Prefixed Root Forms

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwás (morning, next morning); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (to shine). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬭𐬆𐬨 (sūrəm, in the morning), Ossetian сӕумӕ (sæwmæ, in the morning), Khotanese [script needed] (svī, morning).[2] See also शुच् (śuc), शुध् (śudh), शुभ् (śubh).[3]

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    श्वस् • (śvás)

    1. tomorrow
    2. in the future
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Pali: sve
    • Sinhalese: හෙට (heṭa), සෙට (seṭa)
    • Hindi: श्वः (śvaḥ)

    Particle

    श्वस् • (śvás)

    1. a particle implying auspiciousness

    Further reading

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚVAS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 677
    2. ^ Studies in Historical Linguistics in Honor of George Sherman Lane: Festschrift for George S. Lane. (2020). United States: University of North Carolina Press, p. 9
    3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śvás”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 676-7