अदस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

  • The neuter nom./acc.sg. अदस् (adás) is considered to be a hypercorrection for earlier अदो (adó).[1][2] Dunkel derives this from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ed (nom./acc.sg.n. of *(h₁)e-) + *éw (full grade of *u (there)).[3] Compare perhaps Prasun aləg.
  • The masculine/feminine nom.sg. असौ (asáu) is derived by Dunkel from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)os (possibly continued in Old Avestan 𐬇 (ə̄) and Hittite [script needed] (-aš), the latter also both masculine and feminine) + the same *éw as for अदो (adó). The final -औ (-au) (instead of -ओ (-o)) would have been influenced by the common nominatives द्यौस् (dyáus) and गौस् (gáus).[3] Alternatively, Lubotsky reconstructs Proto-Indo-Iranian *Ha-sa(H)-au, with *sa(H)-au (derived from *só) being continued in Younger Avestan 𐬵𐬁𐬎 (hāu).[2]
  • The stem अमु (amu) is interpreted by Dunkel and Mayrhofer as a backformation from the acc.sg.m. अमुम् (amúm), derived from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em (acc.sg.m. of *(h₁)e-) + *u (there) + a hypercharacterizing *-m (acc. ending).[3][4] A form like nom.pl.m. अमी (amī́) would have come from *amú-i.[4][5]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

अ॒दस् • (adás)[6][7]

  1. that; a certain

Declension

Masculine as-stem declension of अ॒दस्
singular dual plural
nominative अ॒सौ (asáu) अ॒मू (amū́) अ॒मी (amī́)
accusative अ॒मुम् (amúm) अ॒मू (amū́) अ॒मून् (amū́n)
instrumental अ॒मुना॑ (amúnā) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मीभिः॑ (amī́bhiḥ)
dative अ॒मुष्मै॑ (amúṣmai) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मीभ्यः॑ (amī́bhyaḥ)
ablative अ॒मुष्मा॑त् (amúṣmāt) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मीभ्यः॑ (amī́bhyaḥ)
genitive अ॒मुष्य॑ (amúṣya) अ॒मुयोः॑ (amúyoḥ) अ॒मीषा॑म् (amī́ṣām)
locative अ॒मुष्मि॑न् (amúṣmin) अ॒मुयोः॑ (amúyoḥ) अ॒मीषु॑ (amī́ṣu)
vocative असौ॑ (ásau) अमू॑ (ámū) अमी॑ (ámī)
Feminine as-stem declension of अ॒दस्
singular dual plural
nominative अ॒सौ (asáu) अ॒मू (amū́) अ॒मूः (amū́ḥ)
accusative अ॒मूम् (amū́m) अ॒मू (amū́) अ॒मूः (amū́ḥ)
instrumental अ॒मुया॑ (amúyā) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मूभिः॑ (amū́bhiḥ)
dative अ॒मुष्यै॑ (amúṣyai) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मूभ्यः॑ (amū́bhyaḥ)
ablative अ॒मुष्याः॑ (amúṣyāḥ) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मूभ्यः॑ (amū́bhyaḥ)
genitive अ॒मुष्याः॑ (amúṣyāḥ) अ॒मुयोः॑ (amúyoḥ) अ॒मूषा॑म् (amū́ṣām)
locative अ॒मुष्या॑म् (amúṣyām) अ॒मुयोः॑ (amúyoḥ) अ॒मूषु॑ (amū́ṣu)
vocative असौ॑ (ásau) अमू॑ (ámū) अमूः॑ (ámūḥ)
Neuter as-stem declension of अ॒दस्
singular dual plural
nominative अ॒दः (adáḥ) अ॒मू (amū́) अ॒मूनि॑ (amū́ni)
अ॒मू¹ (amū́¹)
accusative अ॒दः (adáḥ) अ॒मू (amū́) अ॒मूनि॑ (amū́ni)
अ॒मू¹ (amū́¹)
instrumental अ॒मुना॑ (amúnā) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मीभिः॑ (amī́bhiḥ)
dative अ॒मुष्मै॑ (amúṣmai) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मीभ्यः॑ (amī́bhyaḥ)
ablative अ॒मुष्मा॑त् (amúṣmāt) अ॒मूभ्या॑म् (amū́bhyām) अ॒मीभ्यः॑ (amī́bhyaḥ)
genitive अ॒मुष्य॑ (amúṣya) अ॒मुयोः॑ (amúyoḥ) अ॒मीषा॑म् (amī́ṣām)
locative अ॒मुष्मि॑न् (amúṣmin) अ॒मुयोः॑ (amúyoḥ) अ॒मीषु॑ (amī́ṣu)
vocative अदः॑ (ádaḥ) अमू॑ (ámū) अमू॑नि (ámūni)
अमू॑¹ (ámū¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • अदोमय (adomáya, made of that)
  • अदोमूल (adomūla, rooted in that)

Adverb

अ॒दस् • (adás)[2]

  1. there, then

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “adás”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 62
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “adás”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 9
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 191-2
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “amú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 98-99
  5. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “amú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 26-27
  6. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “अदस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 18, column 1.
  7. ^ William Dwight Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar[3], § 501, pages 191-3

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “adas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “अदस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan