सस

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

सस m

  1. Devanagari script form of sasa (hare)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sasás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sasás (corn, herb, fruit, plant), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)h₁es- (harvest, crop, fruit), from the root *seh₁- (to sow). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hahiia), Proto-Celtic *sasyos (barley), Latin sēmen (seed), English seed, sow. Related to सस्य (sasyá).

Pronunciation

Noun

सस • (sasá) stemm

  1. corn, herb, grass

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सस
singular dual plural
nominative ससः (sasáḥ) ससौ (sasaú)
ससा¹ (sasā́¹)
ससाः (sasā́ḥ)
ससासः¹ (sasā́saḥ¹)
accusative ससम् (sasám) ससौ (sasaú)
ससा¹ (sasā́¹)
ससान् (sasā́n)
instrumental ससेन (saséna) ससाभ्याम् (sasā́bhyām) ससैः (sasaíḥ)
ससेभिः¹ (sasébhiḥ¹)
dative ससाय (sasā́ya) ससाभ्याम् (sasā́bhyām) ससेभ्यः (sasébhyaḥ)
ablative ससात् (sasā́t) ससाभ्याम् (sasā́bhyām) ससेभ्यः (sasébhyaḥ)
genitive ससस्य (sasásya) ससयोः (sasáyoḥ) ससानाम् (sasā́nām)
locative ससे (sasé) ससयोः (sasáyoḥ) ससेषु (saséṣu)
vocative सस (sása) ससौ (sásau)
ससा¹ (sásā¹)
ससाः (sásāḥ)
ससासः¹ (sásāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: সাহ (xah, crops)
    • Odia: ସସ (sasa, kernel)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press