स्पश्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্পশ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬧᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
- স্পশ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰢𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀧𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သ္ပၐ် (Burmese script)
- સ્પશ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਪਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦥꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂣𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ಪಶ್ (Kannada script)
- ស្បឝ៑ (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ປຨ຺ (Lao script)
- സ്പശ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᢒᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘢𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢒᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧂𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐥𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ପଶ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢦꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆥𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖢𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ස්පශ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩰𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚞𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸ்பஶ் (Tamil script)
- స్పశ్ (Telugu script)
- สฺปศฺ (Thai script)
- སྤ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒣𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨞𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *spáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *spáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *spéḱs (“spy; watcher, observer”), from *speḱ- (“to see”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬯 (spas, “spy”), Latin au-spex, haru-spex. Also related to English spy.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /spɐ́ɕ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪pɐɕ/
Noun
स्पश् • (spáś) stem, m (root पश्) [1]
- a spy; one who looks or beholds; a watcher
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.59.1:
- प्र वः॒ स्पळ् अ॑क्रन्त् सुवि॒ताय॑ दा॒वने ऽर्चा॑ दि॒वे प्र पृ॑थि॒व्या ऋ॒तं भ॑रे ।
उ॒क्षन्ते॒ अश्वा॒न् तरु॑षन्त॒ आ रजो ऽनु॒ स्वं भा॒नुं श्र॑थयन्ते अर्ण॒वैः ॥- prá vaḥ spáḷ akrant suvitā́ya dāváné ʼrcā divé prá pṛthivyā́ ṛtáṃ bhare.
ukṣánte áśvān táruṣanta ā́ rájó ʼnu sváṃ bhānúṃ śrathayante arṇavaíḥ. - Your spy has called to you to give prosperity. I sing to Heaven and Earth and offer worship.
They [the Maruts] bathe their horses and hasten through the skies: they spread abroad their radiance through the sea of cloud.
- prá vaḥ spáḷ akrant suvitā́ya dāváné ʼrcā divé prá pṛthivyā́ ṛtáṃ bhare.
- प्र वः॒ स्पळ् अ॑क्रन्त् सुवि॒ताय॑ दा॒वने ऽर्चा॑ दि॒वे प्र पृ॑थि॒व्या ऋ॒तं भ॑रे ।
- a messenger
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | स्पट् (spáṭ) | स्पशौ (spáśau) स्पशा¹ (spáśā¹) |
स्पशः (spáśaḥ) |
| accusative | स्पशम् (spáśam) | स्पशौ (spáśau) स्पशा¹ (spáśā¹) |
स्पशः (spáśaḥ) |
| instrumental | स्पशा (spaśā́) | स्पड्भ्याम् (spaḍbhyā́m) | स्पड्भिः (spaḍbhíḥ) |
| dative | स्पशे (spaśé) | स्पड्भ्याम् (spaḍbhyā́m) | स्पड्भ्यः (spaḍbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | स्पशः (spaśáḥ) | स्पड्भ्याम् (spaḍbhyā́m) | स्पड्भ्यः (spaḍbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | स्पशः (spaśáḥ) | स्पशोः (spaśóḥ) | स्पशाम् (spaśā́m) |
| locative | स्पशि (spaśí) | स्पशोः (spaśóḥ) | स्पट्सु (spaṭsú) |
| vocative | स्पट् (spáṭ) | स्पशौ (spáśau) स्पशा¹ (spáśā¹) |
स्पशः (spáśaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-
Sanskrit स्पश् (spaś)
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *(s)paHś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)paHć-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂ḱ-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪pɐɕ/
Root
- alternative form of पश् (paś, “to bind”)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्पश् (bind) (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्पश् (bind) (1 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- स्पशति (spaśati) (Present)
- स्पशते (spaśate) (Present)
- स्पशिता (spaśitā) (Periphrastic Future)
- पस्पाश (paspāśa) (Perfect)
- पस्पशे (paspaśe) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- स्पाशयति (spāśayati) (Causative)
- अपस्पशत् (apaspaśat) (Causative Aorist)
- पिस्पशिषति (pispaśiṣati) (Desiderative)
- पिस्पशिषते (pispaśiṣate) (Desiderative)
- पास्पश्यते (pāspaśyate) (Intensive)
- पास्पष्टि (pāspaṣṭi) (Intensive)
References
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “स्पश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1268, column 2.
- ^ पाणिनि [Pāṇini] (c. 600–400 BCE) धातुपाठः [Dhātupāṭhaḥ] (in Sanskrit), verse 1.1032
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “स्पश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1268, column 3.