पुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *(h₃)pews- (to blow),[1] and compared with Lithuanian pũsti (to blow), pūslė̃ (blister, bladder), Norwegian føysa (to swell), Proto-Slavic *puxàti (to blow), and Latin pustula (bubble), though Mayrhofer and Rix express reservations on the existence of such a root.[2][3] It is also likely that all these languages innovated their own forms of this seemingly-onomatopoeic root.

    Pronunciation

    Root

    पुष् • (puṣ)

    1. to be nourished, to thrive, flourish, prosper

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • पुष्य॑ति (púṣyati, present)
    • पुष्नाति (puṣnāti, present)
    • पोषति (poṣati, present)
    • पोषिष्यति (poṣiṣyati, future)
    • पोक्ष्यति (pokṣyati, future)
    • पोषिता (poṣitā, periphrastic future)
    • पोष्टा (poṣṭā, periphrastic future)
    • अपुषत् (apuṣat, aorist)
    • अपोषीत् (apoṣīt, aorist)
    • पुष्यात् (puṣyāt, benedictive)
    • पु॒पोष॑ (pupóṣa, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • पुष्यते (puṣyate, passive)
    • अपोषि (apoṣi, passive aorist)
    • पो॒षय॑ति (poṣáyati, causative)
    • अपूपुषत् (apūpuṣat, causative aorist)
    • पुपोषिषति (pupoṣiṣati, desiderative)
    • पुपुषिषति (pupuṣiṣati, desiderative)
    • पुपुक्षति (pupukṣati, desiderative)
    • पोपुष्यते (popuṣyate, intensive)
    • पोपोष्टि (popoṣṭi, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • पु॒ष्ट (puṣṭá, past participle)
    • पोष्टुम् (poṣṭum, infinitive)
    • पोष्टोस् (poṣṭos, infinitive)
    • पु॒ष्यसे॑ (puṣyáse, infinitive)
    • पोष्य॑ (póṣya, gerundive)
    • पोषितव्य (poṣitavya, gerundive)
    • पोषणीय (poṣaṇīya, gerundive)
    • पोषित (poṣita, causative past participle)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अनुपुष् (anupuṣ)
    • प्रपुष् (prapuṣ)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पुष् (0 c, 5 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पुष् (2 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*h₃peu̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303
    2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “PUṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 152
    3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “POṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 171-2

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