सहस्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáȷ́ʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰos (power, victory).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬵 (hazah), Central Kurdish هێز (hêz), Proto-Germanic *segaz (whence Middle English sige, German Sieg).

Pronunciation

Noun

सह॑स् • (sáhas) stemn

  1. strength, power, force
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.16.6:
      इ॒मे सोमा॑स॒ इन्द॑वः
      सु॒तासो॒ अधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ ।
      ताँ इ॑न्द्र॒ सह॑से पिब ॥
      imé sómāsa índavaḥ
      sutā́so ádhi barhíṣi.
      tā́m̐ indra sáhase piba.
      Here are the drops of Soma juice pressed out on the sacred grass:
      Drink them, Indra, for strength.
  2. victory
    Synonym: जय (jayá)

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of सह॑स्
singular dual plural
nominative सहः॑ (sáhaḥ) सह॑सी (sáhasī) सहां॑सि (sáhāṃsi)
accusative सहः॑ (sáhaḥ) सह॑सी (sáhasī) सहां॑सि (sáhāṃsi)
instrumental सह॑सा (sáhasā) सहो॑भ्याम् (sáhobhyām) सहो॑भिः (sáhobhiḥ)
dative सह॑से (sáhase) सहो॑भ्याम् (sáhobhyām) सहो॑भ्यः (sáhobhyaḥ)
ablative सह॑सः (sáhasaḥ) सहो॑भ्याम् (sáhobhyām) सहो॑भ्यः (sáhobhyaḥ)
genitive सह॑सः (sáhasaḥ) सह॑सोः (sáhasoḥ) सह॑साम् (sáhasām)
locative सह॑सि (sáhasi) सह॑सोः (sáhasoḥ) सहः॑सु (sáhaḥsu)
vocative सहः॑ (sáhaḥ) सह॑सी (sáhasī) सहां॑सि (sáhāṃsi)