युध्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • योध् (yodh)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyawdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyawdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyewdʰ- (to move, to be agitated), from *h₂yew-, from *h₂óyu, from *h₂ey-.[1]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      युध् • (yúdh) stemf

      1. war, battle, fight, combat
        • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.91.21:
          अषा॑ळ्हं यु॒त्सु पृत॑नासु॒ पप्रिं॑ स्व॒र्षाम॒प्सां वृ॒जन॑स्य गो॒पाम् ।
          भ॒रे॒षु॒जां सु॑क्षि॒तिं सु॒श्रव॑सं॒ जय॑न्तं॒ त्वामनु॑ मदेम सोम ॥
          áṣāḷhaṃ yutsú pṛ́tanāsu pápriṃ svarṣā́mapsā́ṃ vṛjánasya gopā́m.
          bhareṣujā́ṃ sukṣitíṃ suśrávasaṃ jáyantaṃ tvā́mánu madema soma.
          Invincible in fight, saver in battles, guard of our camp, winner of light and water,
          Born amid hymns, well-housed, exceeding famous, victor, in thee will we rejoice, O Soma.

      Declension

      Feminine root-stem declension of युध्
      singular dual plural
      nominative युत् (yút) युधौ॑ (yúdhau)
      युधा॑¹ (yúdhā¹)
      युधः॑ (yúdhaḥ)
      accusative युध॑म् (yúdham) युधौ॑ (yúdhau)
      युधा॑¹ (yúdhā¹)
      युधः॑ (yúdhaḥ)
      instrumental यु॒धा (yudhā́) यु॒द्भ्याम् (yudbhyā́m) यु॒द्भिः (yudbhíḥ)
      dative यु॒धे (yudhé) यु॒द्भ्याम् (yudbhyā́m) यु॒द्भ्यः (yudbhyáḥ)
      ablative यु॒धः (yudháḥ) यु॒द्भ्याम् (yudbhyā́m) यु॒द्भ्यः (yudbhyáḥ)
      genitive यु॒धः (yudháḥ) यु॒धोः (yudhóḥ) यु॒धाम् (yudhā́m)
      locative यु॒धि (yudhí) यु॒धोः (yudhóḥ) यु॒त्सु (yutsú)
      vocative युत् (yút) युधौ॑ (yúdhau)
      युधा॑¹ (yúdhā¹)
      युधः॑ (yúdhaḥ)
      • ¹Vedic

      Derived terms

      Noun

      युध् • (yudh) stemm

      1. fighter, warrior, hero

      Declension

      Masculine root-stem declension of युध्
      singular dual plural
      nominative युत् (yut) युधौ (yudhau)
      युधा¹ (yudhā¹)
      युधः (yudhaḥ)
      accusative युधम् (yudham) युधौ (yudhau)
      युधा¹ (yudhā¹)
      युधः (yudhaḥ)
      instrumental युधा (yudhā) युद्भ्याम् (yudbhyām) युद्भिः (yudbhiḥ)
      dative युधे (yudhe) युद्भ्याम् (yudbhyām) युद्भ्यः (yudbhyaḥ)
      ablative युधः (yudhaḥ) युद्भ्याम् (yudbhyām) युद्भ्यः (yudbhyaḥ)
      genitive युधः (yudhaḥ) युधोः (yudhoḥ) युधाम् (yudhām)
      locative युधि (yudhi) युधोः (yudhoḥ) युत्सु (yutsu)
      vocative युत् (yut) युधौ (yudhau)
      युधा¹ (yudhā¹)
      युधः (yudhaḥ)
      • ¹Vedic

      Root

      युध् • (yudh)

      1. to fight, battle

      Derived terms

      Primary verbal forms
      • युध्य॑ते (yúdhyate, present)
      • युध्य॑ति (yúdhyati, present)
      • योध॑ति (yódhati, present)
      • योत्सि॑ (yótsi, present)
      • यो॒त्स्यति॑ (yotsyáti, future)
      • यो॒द्धा (yoddhā́, periphrastic future)
      • अयो॑त्सीत् (áyotsīt, aorist)
      • अयो॑धीत् (áyodhīt, aorist)
      • यु॒योध॑ (yuyódha, perfect)
      Secondary forms
      • यु॒ध्यते॑ (yudhyáte, passive)
      • यो॒धय॑ति (yodháyati, causative)
      • अयू॑युधत् (áyūyudhat, causative aorist)
      • योध्यते (yodhyate, passive of causative)
      • युयु॑त्सति (yúyutsati, desiderative)
      • युयुत्सयति (yuyutsayati, causative of desiderative)
      • योयुध्यते (yoyudhyate, intensive)
      • योयोद्धि (yoyoddhi, intensive)
      Non-finite forms
      • यु॒द्ध (yuddhá, past participle)
      • योद्धुम् (yoddhum, infinitive)
      • युधम् (yudham, infinitive)
      • यु॒धे (yudhé, infinitive)
      • यु॒धये॑ (yudháye, infinitive)
      • युद्ध्वा (yuddhvā, gerund)
      • युद्ध्वी (yuddhvī, gerund)
      • युध्य (yudhya, gerund)
      • योध्य॑ (yódhya, gerundive)
      • योद्धव्य (yoddhavya, gerundive)
      • यो॒ध॒नीय॑ (yodhanī́ya, gerundive)
      • यु॒धेन्य॑ (yudhénya, gerundive)
      Derived nominal forms
      Prefixed root forms
      • अभियुध् (abhiyudh)
      • आयुध् (āyudh)
      • उद्युध् (udyudh)
      • नियुध् (niyudh)
      • प्रतियुध् (pratiyudh)
      • प्रयुध् (prayudh)
      • संयुध् (saṃyudh)
      Sanskrit terms belonging to the root युध् (0 c, 8 e)
      Terms derived from the Sanskrit root युध् (11 c, 0 e)

      References

      1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “YODH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 418

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