चूषति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

চূষতি (Assamese script)
ᬘᬹᬱᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
চূষতি (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰳𑰬𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀽𑀱𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
စူၑတိ (Burmese script)
ચૂષતિ (Gujarati script)
ਚੂਸ਼ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑍂𑌷𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦹꦰꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂴𑂭𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಚೂಷತಿ (Kannada script)
ចូឞតិ (Khmer script)
ຈູຩຕິ (Lao script)
ചൂഷതി (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡠᡠᢢᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘴𑘬𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢋᠤᠤᢔᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧕𑧌𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐹𑐲𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଚୂଷତି (Odia script)
ꢗꢹꢰꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆷𑆰𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖳𑖬𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
චූෂති (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚱𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
சூஷதி (Tamil script)
చూషతి (Telugu script)
จูษติ (Thai script)
ཙཱུ་ཥ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒴𑒭𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; see the root चूष् (cūṣ) for more.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕúː.ʂɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuː.ʂɐ.t̪i/

Verb

चूष॑ति • (cū́ṣati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, present, root चूष्)^[2]^[3]

to suck, suck out

Conjugation

Present: चूष॑ति (cū́ṣati), चूष॑ते (cū́ṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	चूष॑ति cū́ṣati	चूष॑तः cū́ṣataḥ	चूष॑न्ति cū́ṣanti	चूष॑ते cū́ṣate	चूषे॑ते cū́ṣete	चूष॑न्ते cū́ṣante
Second	चूष॑सि cū́ṣasi	चूष॑थः cū́ṣathaḥ	चूष॑थ cū́ṣatha	चूष॑से cū́ṣase	चूषे॑थे cū́ṣethe	चूष॑ध्वे cū́ṣadhve
First	चूषा॑मि cū́ṣāmi	चूषा॑वः cū́ṣāvaḥ	चूषा॑मः / चूषा॑मसि¹ cū́ṣāmaḥ / cū́ṣāmasi¹	चूषे॑ cū́ṣe	चूषा॑वहे cū́ṣāvahe	चूषा॑महे cū́ṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	चूष॑तु cū́ṣatu	चूष॑ताम् cū́ṣatām	चूष॑न्तु cū́ṣantu	चूष॑ताम् cū́ṣatām	चूषे॑ताम् cū́ṣetām	चूष॑न्ताम् cū́ṣantām
Second	चूष॑ cū́ṣa	चूष॑तम् cū́ṣatam	चूष॑त cū́ṣata	चूष॑स्व cū́ṣasva	चूषे॑थाम् cū́ṣethām	चूष॑ध्वम् cū́ṣadhvam
First	चूषा॑णि cū́ṣāṇi	चूषा॑व cū́ṣāva	चूषा॑म cū́ṣāma	चूषै॑ cū́ṣai	चूषा॑वहै cū́ṣāvahai	चूषा॑महै cū́ṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	चूषे॑त् cū́ṣet	चूषे॑ताम् cū́ṣetām	चूषे॑युः cū́ṣeyuḥ	चूषे॑त cū́ṣeta	चूषे॑याताम् cū́ṣeyātām	चूषे॑रन् cū́ṣeran
Second	चूषेः॑ cū́ṣeḥ	चूषे॑तम् cū́ṣetam	चूषे॑त cū́ṣeta	चूषे॑थाः cū́ṣethāḥ	चूषे॑याथाम् cū́ṣeyāthām	चूषे॑ध्वम् cū́ṣedhvam
First	चूषे॑यम् cū́ṣeyam	चूषे॑व cū́ṣeva	चूषे॑म cū́ṣema	चूषे॑य cū́ṣeya	चूषे॑वहि cū́ṣevahi	चूषे॑महि cū́ṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	चूषा॑त् / चूषा॑ति cū́ṣāt / cū́ṣāti	चूषा॑तः cū́ṣātaḥ	चूषा॑न् cū́ṣān	चूषा॑ते / चूषा॑तै cū́ṣāte / cū́ṣātai	चूषै॑ते cū́ṣaite	चूष॑न्त / चूषा॑न्तै cū́ṣanta / cū́ṣāntai
Second	चूषाः॑ / चूषा॑सि cū́ṣāḥ / cū́ṣāsi	चूषा॑थः cū́ṣāthaḥ	चूषा॑थ cū́ṣātha	चूषा॑से / चूषा॑सै cū́ṣāse / cū́ṣāsai	चूषै॑थे cū́ṣaithe	चूषा॑ध्वै cū́ṣādhvai
First	चूषा॑णि cū́ṣāṇi	चूषा॑व cū́ṣāva	चूषा॑म cū́ṣāma	चूषै॑ cū́ṣai	चूषा॑वहै cū́ṣāvahai	चूषा॑महै cū́ṣāmahai
Participles
	चूष॑त् cū́ṣat			चूष॑माण cū́ṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Descendants

Prakrit: *𑀘𑀽𑀲𑀇 (*cūsaï)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: चूसना (cūsnā)
    - Urdu: چُوسْنَا (cūsnā)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Bengali-Assamese:
    - Bengali: চোষা (cōśa)
  - Odia: ଚୁଷିବା (cuṣibā)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
  - Nepali: चुस्नु (cusnu)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan: (< Sanskrit *चूष्यते (*cūṣyate))
  - Punjabi: ਚੂਸਣਾ / چُوسݨا (cūsṇā)
  - Sindhi: چُوسَڻُ / चूसणु (cūsaṇu)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: ચૂસવું (cūsvũ)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “cū́ṣati”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 398
^ Monier Williams (1899), “चूषति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 401/2.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cū́ṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 267

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “cū́ṣati”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 398

[2] Monier Williams (1899), “चूषति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 401/2.

[3] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cū́ṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 267

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