लू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *lawH-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (to cut off, release).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    लू • ()[1][2]

    1. to cut off

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • लु॒नाति॑ (lunā́ti, present)
    • लुनोति (lunoti, present)
    • ल॒वि॒ष्यति॑ (laviṣyáti, future)
    • ल॒वि॒ता (lavitā́, periphrastic future)
    • अला॑वीत् (álāvīt, aorist)
    • लु॒लाव॑ (lulā́va, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • लू॒यते॑ (lūyáte, passive)
    • अला॑वि (álāvi, passive aorist)
    • ला॒वय॑ति (lāváyati, causative)
    • अली॑लवत् (álīlavat, causative aorist)
    • लुलूषति (lulūṣati, desiderative)
    • लोलूयते (lolūyate, intensive)
    • लोलोति (loloti, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • लून (lūna, past participle)
    • लूत (lūta, past participle)
    • लवितुम् (lavitum, infinitive)
    • लूत्वा (lūtvā, gerund)
    • लावम् (lāvam, gerund)
    • लव्य (lavya, gerundive)
    • लाव्य (lāvya, gerundive)
    • लवितव्य (lavitavya, gerundive)
    • लवनीय (lavanīya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • लव॑ (láva)
    • लवन (lavana)
    • लाव (lāva)
    • लावक (lāvaka)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लू (0 c, 1 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root लू (5 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “लू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0905.
    2. ^ William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 150