पिश्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • पेश् (peś), पिंश् (piṃś)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (to hew, cut out; adorn; paint). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pьsati (to write); Latin pingō (paint) whence pigment, picture, paint.

Pronunciation

Root

पिश् • (piś)

  1. to hew out, carve, prepare, especially meat
  2. to make ready, adorn
  3. to form, fashion, mould

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • पिं॒शति॑ (piṃśáti, present)
  • पे॒शि॒ष्यति॑ (peśiṣyáti, future)
  • पे॒शि॒ता (peśitā́, periphrastic future)
  • अपे॑शीत् (ápeśīt, aorist)
  • पिशान (piśāná, Root-aorist mediopassive participle)
  • पि॒पेश॑ (pipéśa, perfect)
Secondary forms
  • पि॒श्यते॑ (piśyáte, passive)
  • पे॒शय॑ति (peśáyati, causative)
  • अपी॑पिशत् (ápīpiśat, causative aorist)
  • पिपिशिषति (pipiśiṣati, desiderative)
  • पिपेशिषति (pipeśiṣati, desiderative)
  • पेपि॑शीति (pépiśīti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
  • पि॒ष्ट (piṣṭá, past participle)
  • पि॒शि॒त (piśitá, past participle)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
  • अभिपिश् (abhipiś)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पिश् (0 c, 2 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पिश् (3 c, 0 e)

Noun

पिश् • (píś) stemf

  1. ornament, decoration

Declension

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References

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “पिश्”, 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 168-9