गै

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *geH- (to sing, cry). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Root

गै • (gai)

  1. to sing, recite
  2. to praise in song
  3. to relate in metrical language

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • गाय॑ति (gā́yati, present)
  • गा॒स्यति॑ (gāsyáti, future)
  • गा॒ता (gātā́, periphrastic future)
  • अगा॑सीत् (ágāsīt, aorist)
  • गे॒यात् (geyā́t, benedictive)
  • ज॒गौ (jagáu, perfect)
Secondary forms
  • गी॒यते॑ (gīyáte, passive)
  • अगा॑यि (ágāyi, passive aorist)
  • गा॒पय॑ति (gāpáyati, causative)
  • अजी॑गपत् (ájīgapat, causative aorist)
  • जिगासति (jigāsati, desiderative)
  • जेगीयते (jegīyate, intensive)
Non-finite forms
  • गी॒त (gītá, past participle)
  • गातुम् (gātum, infinitive)
  • गी॒त्वा (gītvā́, gerund)
  • गेय (geya, gerundive)
  • गातव्य (gātavya, gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
  • अनुगै (anugai)
  • अपगै (apagai)
  • अभिगै (abhigai)
  • आगै (āgai)
  • उद्गै (udgai)
  • उपगै (upagai)
  • निगै (nigai)
  • परिगै (parigai)
  • प्रगै (pragai)
  • विगै (vigai)
  • संगै (saṃgai)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गै (0 c, 7 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गै (6 c, 0 e)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “GAI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 496
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “2 singen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 482

Further reading

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “गै”, 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