-उक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ukas, from Proto-Indo-European *-u-kos. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ. Compare also Sanskrit -अक (-aka), -इक (-ika), and -क (-ka), and Proto-Germanic *-ungō (gerund noun former).

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -उक • (-uka)[1]

    1. forms adjectives having the meaning and construction of a present participle

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of -उक
    singular dual plural
    nominative -उकः (-ukaḥ) -उकौ (-ukau)
    -उका¹ (-ukā¹)
    -उकाः (-ukāḥ)
    -उकासः¹ (-ukāsaḥ¹)
    accusative -उकम् (-ukam) -उकौ (-ukau)
    -उका¹ (-ukā¹)
    -उकान् (-ukān)
    instrumental -उकेन (-ukena) -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकैः (-ukaiḥ)
    -उकेभिः¹ (-ukebhiḥ¹)
    dative -उकाय (-ukāya) -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकेभ्यः (-ukebhyaḥ)
    ablative -उकात् (-ukāt) -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकेभ्यः (-ukebhyaḥ)
    genitive -उकस्य (-ukasya) -उकयोः (-ukayoḥ) -उकानाम् (-ukānām)
    locative -उके (-uke) -उकयोः (-ukayoḥ) -उकेषु (-ukeṣu)
    vocative -उक (-uka) -उकौ (-ukau)
    -उका¹ (-ukā¹)
    -उकाः (-ukāḥ)
    -उकासः¹ (-ukāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic
    Feminine ā-stem declension of -उका
    singular dual plural
    nominative -उका (-ukā) -उके (-uke) -उकाः (-ukāḥ)
    accusative -उकाम् (-ukām) -उके (-uke) -उकाः (-ukāḥ)
    instrumental -उकया (-ukayā)
    -उका¹ (-ukā¹)
    -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकाभिः (-ukābhiḥ)
    dative -उकायै (-ukāyai) -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकाभ्यः (-ukābhyaḥ)
    ablative -उकायाः (-ukāyāḥ)
    -उकायै² (-ukāyai²)
    -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकाभ्यः (-ukābhyaḥ)
    genitive -उकायाः (-ukāyāḥ)
    -उकायै² (-ukāyai²)
    -उकयोः (-ukayoḥ) -उकानाम् (-ukānām)
    locative -उकायाम् (-ukāyām) -उकयोः (-ukayoḥ) -उकासु (-ukāsu)
    vocative -उके (-uke) -उके (-uke) -उकाः (-ukāḥ)
    • ¹Vedic
    • ²Brāhmaṇas
    Neuter a-stem declension of -उक
    singular dual plural
    nominative -उकम् (-ukam) -उके (-uke) -उकानि (-ukāni)
    -उका¹ (-ukā¹)
    accusative -उकम् (-ukam) -उके (-uke) -उकानि (-ukāni)
    -उका¹ (-ukā¹)
    instrumental -उकेन (-ukena) -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकैः (-ukaiḥ)
    -उकेभिः¹ (-ukebhiḥ¹)
    dative -उकाय (-ukāya) -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकेभ्यः (-ukebhyaḥ)
    ablative -उकात् (-ukāt) -उकाभ्याम् (-ukābhyām) -उकेभ्यः (-ukebhyaḥ)
    genitive -उकस्य (-ukasya) -उकयोः (-ukayoḥ) -उकानाम् (-ukānām)
    locative -उके (-uke) -उकयोः (-ukayoḥ) -उकेषु (-ukeṣu)
    vocative -उक (-uka) -उके (-uke) -उकानि (-ukāni)
    -उका¹ (-ukā¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms suffixed with -उक

    Descendants

    • Prakrit: -उग (-uga), -उअ (-ua)

    References

    1. ^ William Dwight Whitney (1889) Sanskrit Grammar[1], § 1180, page 445

    Further reading

    • Wackernagel, Jakob, Albert Debrunner (1896-1964) Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)‎[2] (in German), Vol. II.2: Die Nominalsuffixe, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1954, 291-293, pages 480-483