-तस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tas, from Proto-Indo-European *-tos. Cognate with Latin -tus.

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -तस् • (-tas)

    1. forms adverbs with ablative meaning
      कु (ku) + ‎-तस् (-tas) → ‎कुतस् (kútas)
      हृद् (hṛ́d, heart) + ‎-तस् (-tas) → ‎हृत्तस् (hṛttás, from the heart)

    Derived terms

    References

    • Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar, chapter 16, §1098
    • Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 1: Einleitung, Terminologie, Lautgesetze, Adverbialendungen, Nominalsuffixe, Anhänge und Indices, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 191-194