सस

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

सस m

  1. Devanagari script form of sasa (hare)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sasás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sasás (corn, herb, fruit, plant), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)h₁es- (harvest, crop, fruit), from the root *seh₁- (to sow). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hahiia), Proto-Celtic *sasyos (barley), Latin sēmen (seed), English seed, sow. Related to सस्य (sasyá).

Pronunciation

Noun

स॒स • (sasá) stemm

  1. corn, herb, grass

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स॒स
singular dual plural
nominative स॒सः (sasáḥ) स॒सौ (sasáu)
स॒सा¹ (sasā́¹)
स॒साः (sasā́ḥ)
स॒सासः॑¹ (sasā́saḥ¹)
accusative स॒सम् (sasám) स॒सौ (sasáu)
स॒सा¹ (sasā́¹)
स॒सान् (sasā́n)
instrumental स॒सेन॑ (saséna) स॒साभ्या॑म् (sasā́bhyām) स॒सैः (sasáiḥ)
स॒सेभिः॑¹ (sasébhiḥ¹)
dative स॒साय॑ (sasā́ya) स॒साभ्या॑म् (sasā́bhyām) स॒सेभ्यः॑ (sasébhyaḥ)
ablative स॒सात् (sasā́t) स॒साभ्या॑म् (sasā́bhyām) स॒सेभ्यः॑ (sasébhyaḥ)
genitive स॒सस्य॑ (sasásya) स॒सयोः॑ (sasáyoḥ) स॒साना॑म् (sasā́nām)
locative स॒से (sasé) स॒सयोः॑ (sasáyoḥ) स॒सेषु॑ (saséṣu)
vocative सस॑ (sása) ससौ॑ (sásau)
ससा॑¹ (sásā¹)
ससाः॑ (sásāḥ)
ससा॑सः¹ (sásāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: সাহ (xah, crops)
    • Odia: ସସ (sasa, kernel)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press