युष्म

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative forms

  • युष्मद् (yuṣmad), युष्मा (yuṣmā)combining forms, alternative constructions of pronominal base

Etymology

Sanskrit personal pronouns
first person singular dual plural
lemma (ma) आव (āva) अस्म (asma)
nominative case अहम् (aham) आवाम् (āvām) वयम् (vayam)
enclitic form(s) मा (), मे (me) नौ (nau) नः (naḥ)
second person singular dual plural
lemma त्व (tva) युव (yuva) युष्म (yuṣma)
nominative case त्वम् (tvam) युवाम् (yuvām) यूयम् (yūyam)
enclitic form(s) त्वा (tvā), ते (te) वाम् (vām) वः (vaḥ)

Derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yúHš, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs, the plural case of *túh₂. Also see यूयम् (yūyam).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

यु॒ष्म • (yuṣmá)

  1. base of the second person plural pronoun; you all
    Coordinate term: अस्म (asma, we all)

Declension

Declension of the second person plural pronoun
plural
nominative यूयम् (yūyám)
accusative युष्मान् (yuṣmā́n)
instrumental युष्माभिः (yuṣmā́bhiḥ)
dative युष्मभ्यम् (yuṣmábhyam), युष्मे¹ (yuṣmé¹)
ablative युष्मत् (yuṣmát), युष्मत्तः (yuṣmáttaḥ)
genitive युष्माकम् (yuṣmā́kam)
locative युष्मासु (yuṣmā́su), युष्मे¹ (yuṣmé¹)
enclitic accusative वः (vaḥ)
enclitic dative/genitive वः (vaḥ)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

Initial t- is due to influence from the singular forms:

  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀼𑀨𑁂 (tuphe) (see there for further descendants)
  • Pali: तुम्हे (tumhe)

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