स्पश्

Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

    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

    Noun

    स्पश् • (spáś) stemm (root पश्) [1]

    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.
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.25.13:
        बिभ्र॑द् द्रा॒पिं हि॑र॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑णो वस्त नि॒र्णिज॑म् ।
        परि॒ स्पशो॒ नि षे॑दिरे ॥
        bíbhrad drāpíṃ hiraṇyáyaṃ váruṇo vasta nirṇíjam.
        pári spáśo ní ṣedire.
        Varuṇa, wearing a golden armour, hath clad himself in a shining robe.
        His spies are seated around and about.
    2. a messenger
    Declension
    Masculine root-stem declension of स्पश्
    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

      Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *(s)paHś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)paHć-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂ḱ-.

      Pronunciation

      Root

      स्पश् • (spaś)[2][3]

      1. 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

      1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “स्पश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1268, column 2.
      2. ^ पाणिनि [Pāṇini] (c. 600–400 BCE) धातुपाठः [Dhātupāṭhaḥ] (in Sanskrit), verse 1.1032
      3. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “स्पश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1268, column 3.