यस्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- येष् (yeṣ) (from the weak stem of reduplicated ययस्ति (yayasti))
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- যস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ယသ် (Burmese script)
- યસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
- យស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຍສ຺ (Lao script)
- യസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଯସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- යස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- யஸ் (Tamil script)
- యస్ (Telugu script)
- ยสฺ (Thai script)
- ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *yes- (“to boil, foam”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō) and English yeast.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /jɐs̪/
Root
यस् • (yas)
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- यस्य॑ति (yásyati, present)
- ययस्ति (yayasti, present)
- येष॑ति (yéṣati, present)
- य॒सि॒ष्यति॑ (yasiṣyáti, future)
- य॒सि॒ता (yasitā́, periphrastic future)
- अय॑सत् (áyasat, aorist)
- य॒यास॑ (yayā́sa, perfect)
Secondary forms
- या॒सय॑ति (yāsáyati, causative)
- अयी॑यसत् (áyīyasat, causative aorist)
- या॒स्यते॑ (yāsyáte, passive of causative)
- यियसिषति (yiyasiṣati, desiderative)
- यायस्यते (yāyasyate, intensive)
- यायस्ति (yāyasti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- य॒स्त (yastá, past participle)
- यसित (yasita, past participle)
- यसितुम् (yasitum, infinitive)
- यसित्वा (yasitvā, gerund)
- यस्त्वा (yastvā, gerund)
Prefixed root forms
- आयस् (āyas)
- प्रयस् (prayas)
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root यस् not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root यस् not found
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 849, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “यस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 130
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “यस्”, 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
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “YAS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 406-407
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 312-313