सच्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to follow). Cognate with Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (haxamaniš, friendly mannered (the ruler Achaemenes)), Latin sequor (follow) whence English sequence etc., Latin socius, Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (warrior, retainer).

Pronunciation

Root

सच् • (sac)

  1. to be associated with, familiar with, have to do with
  2. to belong to, be attached to
  3. to follow, seek, serve, pursue
  4. to accompany, adhere

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • सच॑ते (sácate, present)
  • सिष॑क्ति (síṣakti, present)
  • सचिष्यते (saciṣyate, future)
Non-finite forms
  • स॒चध्यै॑ (sacádhyai, infinitive)
  • साच्य॑ (sā́cya, gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
  • सक्म॑न् (sákman)
  • सखि॑ (sákhi)
  • स॒चथ॑ (sacátha)
  • स॒च॒न (sacaná)
  • सचा॑ (sácā)
  • सचि॑ (sáci)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root सच् (0 c, 1 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root सच् not found

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “सच्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “sac”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.