शित
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- शात (śāta)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শিত (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
- শিত (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိတ (Burmese script)
- શિત (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿತ (Kannada script)
- ឝិត (Khmer script)
- ຨິຕ (Lao script)
- ശിത (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
- ଶିତ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
- ශිත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
- ஶித (Tamil script)
- శిత (Telugu script)
- ศิต (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus. The Sanskrit root is शा (śā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕi.tɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕi.t̪ɐ/
Adjective
शि॒त • (śitá) stem
- sharpened, whetted, sharp
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 3.38.19:
- तेन मुक्तस् ततो बाणः शितः शत्रुनिबर्हणः ।
तेनाहं त्व् आहतः क्षिप्तः समुद्रे शतयोजने ॥- tena muktas tato bāṇaḥ śitaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ.
tenāhaṃ tv āhataḥ kṣiptaḥ samudre śatayojane. - Then he released a sharp foe-destroying arrow by which I was struck and thrown at a distance of hundred yojanas into the sea.
- tena muktas tato bāṇaḥ śitaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ.
- तेन मुक्तस् ततो बाणः शितः शत्रुनिबर्हणः ।
- thin, slender
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शि॒तः (śitáḥ) | शि॒तौ (śitáu) शि॒ता¹ (śitā́¹) |
शि॒ताः (śitā́ḥ) शि॒तासः॑¹ (śitā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | शि॒तम् (śitám) | शि॒तौ (śitáu) शि॒ता¹ (śitā́¹) |
शि॒तान् (śitā́n) |
| instrumental | शि॒तेन॑ (śiténa) | शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒तैः (śitáiḥ) शि॒तेभिः॑¹ (śitébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शि॒ताय॑ (śitā́ya) | शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒तेभ्यः॑ (śitébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शि॒तात् (śitā́t) | शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒तेभ्यः॑ (śitébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शि॒तस्य॑ (śitásya) | शि॒तयोः॑ (śitáyoḥ) | शि॒ताना॑म् (śitā́nām) |
| locative | शि॒ते (śité) | शि॒तयोः॑ (śitáyoḥ) | शि॒तेषु॑ (śitéṣu) |
| vocative | शित॑ (śíta) | शितौ॑ (śítau) शिता॑¹ (śítā¹) |
शिताः॑ (śítāḥ) शिता॑सः¹ (śítāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शि॒ता (śitā́) | शि॒ते (śité) | शि॒ताः (śitā́ḥ) |
| accusative | शि॒ताम् (śitā́m) | शि॒ते (śité) | शि॒ताः (śitā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | शि॒तया॑ (śitáyā) शि॒ता¹ (śitā́¹) |
शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒ताभिः॑ (śitā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | शि॒तायै॑ (śitā́yai) | शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒ताभ्यः॑ (śitā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शि॒तायाः॑ (śitā́yāḥ) शि॒तायै॑² (śitā́yai²) |
शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒ताभ्यः॑ (śitā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शि॒तायाः॑ (śitā́yāḥ) शि॒तायै॑² (śitā́yai²) |
शि॒तयोः॑ (śitáyoḥ) | शि॒ताना॑म् (śitā́nām) |
| locative | शि॒ताया॑म् (śitā́yām) | शि॒तयोः॑ (śitáyoḥ) | शि॒तासु॑ (śitā́su) |
| vocative | शिते॑ (śíte) | शिते॑ (śíte) | शिताः॑ (śítāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शि॒तम् (śitám) | शि॒ते (śité) | शि॒तानि॑ (śitā́ni) शि॒ता¹ (śitā́¹) |
| accusative | शि॒तम् (śitám) | शि॒ते (śité) | शि॒तानि॑ (śitā́ni) शि॒ता¹ (śitā́¹) |
| instrumental | शि॒तेन॑ (śiténa) | शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒तैः (śitáiḥ) शि॒तेभिः॑¹ (śitébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शि॒ताय॑ (śitā́ya) | शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒तेभ्यः॑ (śitébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शि॒तात् (śitā́t) | शि॒ताभ्या॑म् (śitā́bhyām) | शि॒तेभ्यः॑ (śitébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शि॒तस्य॑ (śitásya) | शि॒तयोः॑ (śitáyoḥ) | शि॒ताना॑म् (śitā́nām) |
| locative | शि॒ते (śité) | शि॒तयोः॑ (śitáyoḥ) | शि॒तेषु॑ (śitéṣu) |
| vocative | शित॑ (śíta) | शिते॑ (śíte) | शिता॑नि (śítāni) शिता॑¹ (śítā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1091, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “शित”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1551
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śitá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 720
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 627