ह्री

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreyH- (to be ashamed). Cognate with Old High German grīnan.

Pronunciation

Noun

ह्री • (hrī́) stemf

  1. shame
  2. modesty
  3. shyness
  4. timidity

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of ह्री
singular dual plural
nominative ह्रीः (hrī́ḥ) ह्रियौ (hríyau) ह्रियः (hríyaḥ)
accusative ह्रियम् (hríyam) ह्रियौ (hríyau) ह्रियः (hríyaḥ)
instrumental ह्रिया (hriyā́) ह्रीभ्याम् (hrībhyā́m) ह्रीभिः (hrībhíḥ)
dative ह्रिये (hriyé)
ह्रियै¹ (hriyaí¹)
ह्रीभ्याम् (hrībhyā́m) ह्रीभ्यः (hrībhyáḥ)
ablative ह्रियः (hriyáḥ)
ह्रियाः¹ (hriyā́ḥ¹)
ह्रियै² (hriyaí²)
ह्रीभ्याम् (hrībhyā́m) ह्रीभ्यः (hrībhyáḥ)
genitive ह्रियः (hriyáḥ)
ह्रियाः¹ (hriyā́ḥ¹)
ह्रियै² (hriyaí²)
ह्रियोः (hriyóḥ) ह्रियाम् (hriyā́m)
ह्रीणाम्¹ (hrīṇā́m¹)
locative ह्रियि (hriyí)
ह्रियाम्¹ (hriyā́m¹)
ह्रियोः (hriyóḥ) ह्रीषु (hrīṣú)
vocative ह्रीः (hrī́ḥ) ह्रियौ (hríyau) ह्रियः (hríyaḥ)
  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Root

ह्री • (hrī)

  1. to blush, be modest
  2. to be ashamed

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ह्री (0 c, 1 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ह्री not found
Primary Verbal Forms
  • जिह्रेति (jihreti) (Present)
  • ह्रेष्यति (hreṣyati) (Future)
  • ह्रेता (hretā) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अह्रैषीत् (ahraiṣīt) (Aorist)
  • ह्रीयात् (hrīyāt) (Benedictive)
  • जिह्राय (jihrāya) (Perfect)
  • जिह्रयामास (jihrayāmāsa) (Periphrastic Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • ह्रेपयति (hrepayati) (Causative)
  • अजिह्रिपत् (ajihripat) (Causative Aorist)
  • जिह्रीषति (jihrīṣati) (Desiderative)
  • जेह्रीयते (jehrīyate) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • ह्रीत (hrīta) (Past Participle)
  • ह्रीण (hrīṇa) (Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • अह्रय (áhraya)
  • अह्रि (áhri)
  • ह्री (hrī́)
  • ह्रीति (hrīti)
  • ह्रेपण (hrepaṇa)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ह्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ह्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press