मृश्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • मर्श् (marś)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *melk- or *melǵ- (to touch); compare Latin mulceō (to stroke, touch lightly).[1]

Pronunciation

Root

मृश् • (mṛś)

  1. to touch, stroke, handle
    Synonym: स्पृश् (spṛś)
  2. to touch mentally, consider, reflect, deliberate

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • मृ॒शति॑ (mṛśáti, present)
  • अमृ॑क्षत् (ámṛkṣat, aorist)
  • म॒मर्श॑ (mamárśa, perfect)
Secondary forms
  • मृश्यते (mṛśyate, passive)
  • मर्शयति (marśayati, causative)
  • मरीमृश्यते (marīmṛśyate, intensive)
Non-finite forms
  • मृ॒ष्ट (mṛṣṭá, past participle)
  • मर्ष्टुम् (marṣṭum, infinitive)
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मृश् not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मृश् not found

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “MARŚ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 331

Further reading

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