ऋध्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • अर्ध् (ardh)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ- (to accomplish) and cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλθετο (áltheto), a variant form of ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, to heal).[1][2][3] Alternatively, related to Tocharian B artkiye (abundance), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erdʰ-.[4]

    Pronunciation

    Root

    ऋध् • (ṛdh)

    1. to accomplish
    2. to prosper, succeed

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • ऋ॒ध्नोति॑ (ṛdhnóti, present)
    • ऋ॒णद्धि॑ (ṛṇáddhi, present)
    • ऋध्यति (ṛdhyati, present)
    • अ॒र्धि॒ष्यति॑ (ardhiṣyáti, future)
    • अ॒र्धि॒ता (ardhitā́, periphrastic future)
    • आर्त् (ā́rt, aorist)
    • आर्धी॑त् (ā́rdhīt, aorist)
    • ऋ॒ध्यात् (ṛdhyā́t, benedictive)
    • आ॒नर्ध॑ (ānárdha, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • ऋध्यते (ṛdhyate, passive)
    • आर्धि॑ (ā́rdhi, passive aorist)
    • अ॒र्धय॑ति (ardháyati, causative)
    • आर्दिधत् (ārdidhat, causative aorist)
    • ईर्त्स॑ति (ī́rtsati, desiderative)
    • अर्दिधिषति (ardidhiṣati, desiderative)
    • ऐर्त्सी॑त् (áirtsīt, desiderative aorist)
    Non-finite forms
    • ऋ॒द्ध (ṛddhá, past participle)
    • ऋ॒द्ध्वा (ṛddhvā́, gerund)
    • अर्धित्वा (ardhitvā, gerund)
    • अर्ध्य॑ (árdhya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • अर्धयितृ (ardhayitṛ)
    • अर्धुक (ardhuka)
    • ईर्त्सा (īrtsā)
    • ऋद्धि॑ (ṛ́ddhi)
    • ऋध्नुक (ṛdhnuka)
    Prefixed root forms
    • अध्यृध् (adhyṛdh)
    • आर्ध् (ārdh)
    • व्यृध् (vyṛdh)
    • समृध् (samṛdh)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ऋध् (0 c, 7 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ऋध् (9 c, 0 e)

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ARDH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 118
    2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “ardh”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 51-2
    3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 262-3
    4. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 25

    Further reading

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “ṛdh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.