-तस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tas, from Proto-Indo-European *-tos. Cognate with Latin -tus.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-तस् • (-tas)

  1. forms adverbs with ablative meaning
    कु (ku) + ‎-तस् (-tas) → ‎कुतस् (kútas)
    हृद् (hṛ́d, heart) + ‎-तस् (-tas) → ‎हृत्तस् (hṛttás, from the heart)

Derived terms

References

  • Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar, chapter 16, §1098
  • Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 1: Einleitung, Terminologie, Lautgesetze, Adverbialendungen, Nominalsuffixe, Anhänge und Indices, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 191-194