नप्ती

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“niece, granddaughter, female descendant”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬍 (naptī, “granddaughter”), Old English nift (“niece, granddaughter”), Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), Irish neacht (“niece”). See also नप्ति (naptí).

न॒प्ती • (naptī́) stem, f

granddaughter
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.14.5:
  न॒प्तीभि॒र् यो वि॒वस्व॑तः शु॒भ्रो न मा॑मृ॒जे युवा॑ ।
  naptī́bhir yó vivásvataḥ śubhró ná māmṛjé yúvā.
  He hath been adorned, like a fair youth, by the granddaughters of the priest.

Feminine ī-stem declension of न॒प्ती
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	न॒प्ती (naptī́)	न॒प्त्यौ॑ (naptyàu) न॒प्ती¹ (naptī́¹)	न॒प्त्यः॑ (naptyàḥ) न॒प्तीः¹ (naptī́ḥ¹)
accusative	न॒प्तीम् (naptī́m)	न॒प्त्यौ॑ (naptyàu) न॒प्ती¹ (naptī́¹)	न॒प्तीः (naptī́ḥ)
instrumental	न॒प्त्या (naptyā́)	न॒प्तीभ्या॑म् (naptī́bhyām)	न॒प्तीभिः॑ (naptī́bhiḥ)
dative	न॒प्त्यै (naptyái)	न॒प्तीभ्या॑म् (naptī́bhyām)	न॒प्तीभ्यः॑ (naptī́bhyaḥ)
ablative	न॒प्त्याः (naptyā́ḥ) न॒प्त्यै² (naptyái²)	न॒प्तीभ्या॑म् (naptī́bhyām)	न॒प्तीभ्यः॑ (naptī́bhyaḥ)
genitive	न॒प्त्याः (naptyā́ḥ) न॒प्त्यै² (naptyái²)	न॒प्त्योः (naptyóḥ)	न॒प्तीना॑म् (naptī́nām)
locative	न॒प्त्याम् (naptyā́m)	न॒प्त्योः (naptyóḥ)	न॒प्तीषु॑ (naptī́ṣu)
vocative	नप्ति॑ (nápti)	नप्त्यौ॑ (náptyau) नप्ती॑¹ (náptī¹)	नप्त्यः॑ (náptyaḥ) नप्तीः॑¹ (náptīḥ¹)

Monier Williams (1899), “नप्ती”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 527, column 2.