श्वस्

Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

    From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (to pant, puff, sigh). Cognate with Old Norse hvæsa (to hiss), English wheeze, and Latin queror (to complain), whence English quarrel.[1]

    Alternative forms

    Root

    श्वस् • (śvas)

    1. to blow, hiss, pant, snort
    2. to breathe, respire, draw breath
    3. to live
    4. to sigh, groan
    5. to strike, kill
    Derived terms
    Primary verbal forms
    • श्वसि॑ति (śvásiti, present)
    • श्वस॑ति (śvásati, present)
    • श्वसिष्यति (śvasiṣyati, future)
    • श्वसिता (śvasitā, periphrastic future)
    • अश्व॑सीत् (áśvasīt, aorist)
    • श॒श्वास॑ (śaśvā́sa, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • श्वा॒सय॑ति (śvāsáyati, causative)
    • अशि॑श्वसत् (áśiśvasat, causative aorist)
    • शिश्वसिषति (śiśvasiṣati, desiderative)
    • शाश्वस्यते (śāśvasyate, intensive)
    • शाश्वस्ति (śāśvasti, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • श्वसित (śvasita, past participle)
    • श्वस्त (śvasta, past participle)
    • श्वसितुम् (śvasitum, infinitive)
    • श्वस॑स् (śvásas, infinitive)
    • श्वास्य (śvāsya, gerundive)
    • श्वसनीय (śvasanīya, gerundive)
    • श्वसितव्य (śvasitavya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • श्वस (śvasa)
    • श्वास (śvāsa)
    • श्वासिन् (śvāsin)
    • शू॒ष (śūṣá)
    • शोष॑ (śóṣa)
    • श्व॒स॒न (śvasaná)
    • श्व॒सथ॑ (śvasátha)
    • शुष्म॑ (śúṣma)
    • शुष्मन् (śuṣman)
    Prefixed root forms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्वस् (0 c, 5 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root श्वस् (6 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ŚVAS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 677

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    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwás (morning, next morning); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (to shine). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬭𐬆𐬨 (sūrəm, in the morning), Ossetian сӕумӕ (sæwmæ, in the morning), Khotanese [script needed] (svī, morning).[1] See also शुच् (śuc), शुध् (śudh), शुभ् (śubh).[2]

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    श्वस् • (śvás)

    1. tomorrow
    2. in the future
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Pali: sve
    • Sinhalese: හෙට (heṭa), සෙට (seṭa)
    • Hindi: श्वः (śvaḥ)

    Particle

    श्वस् • (śvás)

    1. a particle implying auspiciousness

    References

    1. ^ Studies in Historical Linguistics in Honor of George Sherman Lane: Festschrift for George S. Lane. (2020). United States: University of North Carolina Press, p. 9
    2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “śvás”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 676

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