लोपाश

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrawpāśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(w)lṓp-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬞𐬌 (urupi), 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬞𐬌 (raopi), Latin vulpēs (fox), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), and Lithuanian lapė.

Pronunciation

Noun

लो॒पा॒श • (lopāśá) stemm

  1. fox, jackal

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of लो॒पा॒श
singular dual plural
nominative लो॒पा॒शः (lopāśáḥ) लो॒पा॒शौ (lopāśáu)
लो॒पा॒शा¹ (lopāśā́¹)
लो॒पा॒शाः (lopāśā́ḥ)
लो॒पा॒शासः॑¹ (lopāśā́saḥ¹)
accusative लो॒पा॒शम् (lopāśám) लो॒पा॒शौ (lopāśáu)
लो॒पा॒शा¹ (lopāśā́¹)
लो॒पा॒शान् (lopāśā́n)
instrumental लो॒पा॒शेन॑ (lopāśéna) लो॒पा॒शाभ्या॑म् (lopāśā́bhyām) लो॒पा॒शैः (lopāśáiḥ)
लो॒पा॒शेभिः॑¹ (lopāśébhiḥ¹)
dative लो॒पा॒शाय॑ (lopāśā́ya) लो॒पा॒शाभ्या॑म् (lopāśā́bhyām) लो॒पा॒शेभ्यः॑ (lopāśébhyaḥ)
ablative लो॒पा॒शात् (lopāśā́t) लो॒पा॒शाभ्या॑म् (lopāśā́bhyām) लो॒पा॒शेभ्यः॑ (lopāśébhyaḥ)
genitive लो॒पा॒शस्य॑ (lopāśásya) लो॒पा॒शयोः॑ (lopāśáyoḥ) लो॒पा॒शाना॑म् (lopāśā́nām)
locative लो॒पा॒शे (lopāśé) लो॒पा॒शयोः॑ (lopāśáyoḥ) लो॒पा॒शेषु॑ (lopāśéṣu)
vocative लोपा॑श (lópāśa) लोपा॑शौ (lópāśau)
लोपा॑शा¹ (lópāśā¹)
लोपा॑शाः (lópāśāḥ)
लोपा॑शासः¹ (lópāśāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: لۆہ (loh)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “लोपाश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 904, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 482-3
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 298
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lōpāśá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 649