आप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hap-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- (to take, seize); compare perhaps Hittite 𒂊𒅁𒍣 (e-ep-zi /⁠ʔéptsi⁠/, seizes), 𒉺𒀀𒄿 (pa-a-i /⁠pāi⁠/, gives, hands over, pays), as well as Latin apīscor (I try to seize) and co-epī (I have started, undertaken).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Root

    आप् • (āp)

    1. to reach, meet, overtake
    2. to obtain, take possession
    3. to undergo, suffer
    4. to enter, pervade

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    Secondary forms
    • आ॒प्यते॑ (āpyáte, passive)
    • आपि॑ (ā́pi, passive)
    • आ॒पय॑ति (āpáyati, causative)
    • ईप्सति (īpsati, desiderative)
    Non-finite forms
    • आ॒प्त (āptá, past participle)
    • आप्तु॑म् (ā́ptum, infinitive)
    • आ॒प्त्वा (āptvā́, gerund)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root आप् (0 c, 5 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root आप् (9 c, 0 e)

    Descendants

    • Pali: ap

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ĀP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 167

    Further reading

    • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “आप्”, 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
    • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270