मुष्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *mewsH- (to pick up, take away). Post-Vedic forms with long -ū- are due to influence from मूष् (mūṣ, mouse, pilferer), from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

    Pronunciation

    Root

    मुष् • (muṣ)

    1. to steal, rob, plunder, carry off
    2. to ravish, captivate

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • मु॒ष्णाति॑ (muṣṇā́ti, present)
    • मुषति (muṣati, present)
    • मु॒षा॒यति॑ (muṣāyáti, present)
    • मो॒षि॒ष्यति॑ (moṣiṣyáti, future)
    • मो॒षि॒ता (moṣitā́, periphrastic future)
    • अमो॑षीत् (ámoṣīt, aorist)
    • मु॒मोष॑ (mumóṣa, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • मु॒ष्यते॑ (muṣyáte, passive)
    • अमो॑षि (ámoṣi, passive aorist)
    • मो॒षय॑ति (moṣáyati, causative)
    • अमू॑मुषत् (ámūmuṣat, causative aorist)
    • मुमुषिषति (mumuṣiṣati, desiderative)
    • मोमुष्यते (momuṣyate, intensive)
    • मोमोष्टि (momoṣṭi, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • मु॒षि॒त (muṣitá, past participle)
    • मुष्ट (muṣṭa, past participle)
    • मुषितुम् (muṣitum, infinitive)
    • मु॒षे (muṣé, infinitive)
    • मुषित्वा (muṣitvā, gerund)
    • मुष्य॑ (múṣya, gerund)
    • मोष्य (moṣya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • मु॒षी॒वन् (muṣīván)
    • मूष (mūṣa)
    • मूषक (mūṣaka)
    • मोष (moṣa)
    • मोषण (moṣaṇa)
    • मोषिन् (moṣin)
    Prefixed root forms
    • आमुष् (āmuṣ)
    • निर्मुष् (nirmuṣ)
    • परिमुष् (parimuṣ)
    • प्रमुष् (pramuṣ)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मुष् (0 c, 1 e)
    Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मुष् not found

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मुष्”, 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
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “muṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “MOṢ (MOṢI)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 383-4
    • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 392
    • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 445
    • Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 743