पिष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (to grind, crush). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pьxati (push, shove), Lithuanian pi̇̀sti (to fuck); Latin pinsō (beat, pound) whence ultimately English pestle (via a French borrowing), pesto.

    Pronunciation

    Root

    पिष् • (piṣ)

    1. to crush, grind, pound
    2. to bruise, hurt, destroy, injure

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • पि॒नष्टि॑ (pináṣṭi, present)
    • पिं॒षति॑ (piṃṣáti, present)
    • पिषति (piṣati, present)
    • पे॒क्ष्यति॑ (pekṣyáti, future)
    • पे॒ष्टा (peṣṭā́, periphrastic future)
    • अपि॑क्षत् (ápikṣat, aorist)
    • पि॒पेष॑ (pipéṣa, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • पि॒ष्यते॑ (piṣyáte, passive)
    • पे॒षय॑ति (peṣáyati, causative)
    • अपी॑पिषत् (ápīpiṣat, causative aorist)
    • पिपिक्षति (pipikṣati, desiderative)
    • पेपिषति (pepiṣati, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • पिष्ट (piṣṭá, kneaded; a cake, pastry; flour, meal)
    • पेष्टु॑म् (péṣṭum, infinitive)
    • पे॒ष्ट॒वै (peṣṭavái, infinitive)
    • पिष्ट्वा (piṣṭvā, gerund)
    • पिष्य (piṣya, gerund)
    • पेष्य (peṣya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • पेष (peṣa)
    • पेषक (peṣaka)
    • पेषण (peṣaṇa)
    • पेषी॑ (péṣī)
    • पेष्टृ (peṣṭṛ)
    Prefixed root forms
    • आपिष् (āpiṣ)
    • निष्पिष् (niṣpiṣ)
    • प्रतिपिष् (pratipiṣ)
    • प्रपिष् (prapiṣ)
    • सम्पिष् (sampiṣ)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पिष् (0 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पिष् (6 c, 0 e)

    References

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