मिह्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মিহ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মিহ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မိဟ် (Burmese script)
- મિહ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਿਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂱𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
- មិហ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມິຫ຺ (Lao script)
- മിഹ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘱𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧒𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମିହ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මිහ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚮𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
- மிஹ் (Tamil script)
- మిహ్ (Telugu script)
- มิหฺ (Thai script)
- མི་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíkš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃mígʰs, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”), English mist. Also related to मेघ (meghá, “cloud”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /míɦ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /miɦ/
Noun
मिह् • (míh) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मिक् (mík) | मिहौ॑ (míhau) मिहा॑¹ (míhā¹) |
मिहः॑ (míhaḥ) |
| accusative | मिह॑म् (míham) | मिहौ॑ (míhau) मिहा॑¹ (míhā¹) |
मिहः॑ (míhaḥ) |
| instrumental | मि॒हा (mihā́) | मि॒ग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m) | मि॒ग्भिः (migbhíḥ) |
| dative | मि॒हे (mihé) | मि॒ग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m) | मि॒ग्भ्यः (migbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | मि॒हः (miháḥ) | मि॒ग्भ्याम् (migbhyā́m) | मि॒ग्भ्यः (migbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | मि॒हः (miháḥ) | मि॒होः (mihóḥ) | मि॒हाम् (mihā́m) |
| locative | मि॒हि (mihí) | मि॒होः (mihóḥ) | मि॒क्षु (mikṣú) |
| vocative | मिक् (mík) | मिहौ॑ (míhau) मिहा॑¹ (míhā¹) |
मिहः॑ (míhaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Latin meiō, Old English mīgan.
Root
मिह् • (mih)
- to urinate
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- मेह॑ति (méhati, present)
- मे॒क्ष्यति॑ (mekṣyáti, future)
- मे॒ढा (meḍhā́, periphrastic future)
- अमि॑क्षत् (ámikṣat, aorist)
- अमि॑हत् (ámihat, aorist)
- मि॒मेह॑ (miméha, perfect)
Secondary forms
- मे॒हय॑ति (meháyati, causative)
- अमी॑मिहत् (ámīmihat, causative aorist)
Non-finite forms
- मी॒ढ (mīḍhá, past participle)
- मि॒हे (mihé, infinitive)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
- अभिमिह् (abhimih)
- अवमिह् (avamih)
- निमिह् (nimih)
- प्रतिमिह् (pratimih)
- प्रमिह् (pramih)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मिह् (0 c, 2 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मिह् not found
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मिह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “meghá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 374-375
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “MEH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 381
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 301-302