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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁erkʷ- (“to praise”). See ऋच् (ṛc) for more.
Pronunciation
Root
अर्च् • (arc)
- to shine
- to praise
Derived terms
- अर्क (arká, “flash of lightning; hymn”)
- अर्चक (arcaka, “honoring, worshiping”)
- अर्चति (árcati, “he shines, praises”)
- अर्चन (arcana, “homage”)
- अर्चनीय (arcanīya, “venerable”)
- अर्चा (arcā́, “worship; idol”)
- अर्चि (arcí, “ray, flame”)
- अर्चित (arcita, “honored, worshiped”)
- अर्चितृ (arcitṛ, “worshiper”)
- अर्चिस् (arcís, “ray of light”)
- अर्च् (arc, “shining, brilliant”)
- अर्च्य (arcya, “to be honored or worshiped”)
- ऋक्व (ṛkvá, “praising, jubilant with praise”)
- ऋक्वन् (ṛ́kvan, “praising, jubilant with praise”)
- ऋच् (ṛ́c, “praise, verse”)
- तृच (tṛcá, “three-verse strophe”)
- सुवृक्ति (suvṛktí, “excellent (hymn of) praise”)
Adjective
अर्च् • (arc)
- shining, brilliant
Declension
| Declension of अर्च्
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| Nom. sg.
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अर्क् (ark)
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| Gen. sg.
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अर्चस् (arcas)
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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अर्क् (ark)
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अर्चौ m or f, अर्ची n (arcau m or f, arcī n)
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अर्चस् m or f, अर्चि n (arcas m or f, arci n)
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| Vocative
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अर्क् (ark)
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अर्चौ m or f, अर्ची n (arcau m or f, arcī n)
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अर्चस् m or f, अर्चि n (arcas m or f, arci n)
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| Accusative
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अर्चम् m or f, अर्क् n (arcam m or f, ark n)
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अर्चौ m or f, अर्ची n (arcau m or f, arcī n)
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अर्चस् m or f, अर्चि n (arcas m or f, arci n)
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| Instrumental
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अर्चा (arcā)
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अर्ग्भ्याम् (argbhyām)
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अर्ग्भिस् (argbhis)
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| Dative
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अर्चे (arce)
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अर्ग्भ्याम् (argbhyām)
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अर्ग्भ्यस् (argbhyas)
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| Ablative
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अर्चस् (arcas)
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अर्ग्भ्याम् (argbhyām)
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अर्ग्भ्यस् (argbhyas)
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| Genitive
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अर्चस् (arcas)
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अर्चोस् (arcos)
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अर्चाम् (arcām)
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| Locative
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अर्चि (arci)
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अर्चोस् (arcos)
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अर्क्षु (arkṣu)
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अर्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 89/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 4
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 114-5; 249