Шива

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Шива

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिव (śiva).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ши́ва • (Šíva) m anim (genitive Ши́вы)

(religion, Hinduism) Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, time, dance, and eternity.

Declension

Declension of Ши́ва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ши́ва Šíva	Ши́вы Šívy
genitive	Ши́вы Šívy	Ши́в Šív
dative	Ши́ве Šíve	Ши́вам Šívam
accusative	Ши́ву Šívu	Ши́в Šív
instrumental	Ши́вой, Ши́вою Šívoj, Šívoju	Ши́вами Šívami
prepositional	Ши́ве Šíve	Ши́вах Šívax

Pre-reform declension of Ши́ва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ши́ва Šíva	Ши́вы Šívy
genitive	Ши́вы Šívy	Ши́въ Šív
dative	Ши́вѣ Šívě	Ши́вамъ Šívam
accusative	Ши́ву Šívu	Ши́въ Šív
instrumental	Ши́вой, Ши́вою Šívoj, Šívoju	Ши́вами Šívami
prepositional	Ши́вѣ Šívě	Ши́вахъ Šívax

Derived terms

шиваи́зм (šivaízm, “Shaivism, the worship of Shiva”)

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