उच्छ्वास

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsá). Doublet of उसाँस (usā̃s). By surface analysis, उद्- (ud-) +‎ श्वास (śvās).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʊt̪.t͡ʃʰʋɑːs/,

Noun

उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsm

  1. (formal) breathing out, a breath, sigh
  2. (rare) division of a book (especially a romance)

Declension

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ut͡ɕ.t͡ɕʰʋas/

Noun

उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsm

  1. breathing

Declension

Declension of उच्छ्वास (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
उच्छ्वास
ucchvās
direct
plural
उच्छ्वास
ucchvās
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
उच्छ्वास
ucchvās
उच्छ्वास
ucchvās
oblique
सामान्यरूप
उच्छ्वासा
ucchvāsā
उच्छ्वासां-
ucchvāsān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
उच्छ्वासाला
ucchvāsālā
उच्छ्वासांना
ucchvāsānnā
ergative उच्छ्वासाने, उच्छ्वासानं
ucchvāsāne, ucchvāsāna
उच्छ्वासांनी
ucchvāsānnī
instrumental उच्छ्वासाशी
ucchvāsāśī
उच्छ्वासांशी
ucchvāsānśī
locative
सप्तमी
उच्छ्वासात
ucchvāsāt
उच्छ्वासांत
ucchvāsāt
vocative
संबोधन
उच्छ्वासा
ucchvāsā
उच्छ्वासांनो
ucchvāsānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of उच्छ्वास (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
उच्छ्वासाचा
ucchvāsāċā
उच्छ्वासाचे
ucchvāsāċe
उच्छ्वासाची
ucchvāsācī
उच्छ्वासाच्या
ucchvāsācā
उच्छ्वासाचे, उच्छ्वासाचं
ucchvāsāċe, ucchvāsāċa
उच्छ्वासाची
ucchvāsācī
उच्छ्वासाच्या
ucchvāsācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
उच्छ्वासांचा
ucchvāsānċā
उच्छ्वासांचे
ucchvāsānċe
उच्छ्वासांची
ucchvāsāñcī
उच्छ्वासांच्या
ucchvāsāncā
उच्छ्वासांचे, उच्छ्वासांचं
ucchvāsānċe, ucchvāsānċa
उच्छ्वासांची
ucchvāsāñcī
उच्छ्वासांच्या
ucchvāsāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “उच्छ्वास”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From उद्- (ud-) +‎ श्वास (śvāsá), from the root उच्छ्वस् (ucchvas). Many of its descendants derive from *ut-śvāsa, the form of उद्- (ud-) + श्वास (śvāsá) without applying the rules of sandhi. See also the descendants.

Pronunciation

Noun

उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsá) stemm

  1. breathing out
  2. breath, deep inspiration
  3. expiration, death
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मृत्यु
  4. sigh
  5. froth, yeast, foam
  6. swelling up, rising, increasing
  7. consolation, encouragement
  8. pause in a narration
  9. division of a book

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative उच्छ्वासः
ucchvāsáḥ
उच्छ्वासौ / उच्छ्वासा¹
ucchvāsaú / ucchvāsā́¹
उच्छ्वासाः / उच्छ्वासासः¹
ucchvāsā́ḥ / ucchvāsā́saḥ¹
Vocative उच्छ्वास
úcchvāsa
उच्छ्वासौ / उच्छ्वासा¹
úcchvāsau / úcchvāsā¹
उच्छ्वासाः / उच्छ्वासासः¹
úcchvāsāḥ / úcchvāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative उच्छ्वासम्
ucchvāsám
उच्छ्वासौ / उच्छ्वासा¹
ucchvāsaú / ucchvāsā́¹
उच्छ्वासान्
ucchvāsā́n
Instrumental उच्छ्वासेन
ucchvāséna
उच्छ्वासाभ्याम्
ucchvāsā́bhyām
उच्छ्वासैः / उच्छ्वासेभिः¹
ucchvāsaíḥ / ucchvāsébhiḥ¹
Dative उच्छ्वासाय
ucchvāsā́ya
उच्छ्वासाभ्याम्
ucchvāsā́bhyām
उच्छ्वासेभ्यः
ucchvāsébhyaḥ
Ablative उच्छ्वासात्
ucchvāsā́t
उच्छ्वासाभ्याम्
ucchvāsā́bhyām
उच्छ्वासेभ्यः
ucchvāsébhyaḥ
Genitive उच्छ्वासस्य
ucchvāsásya
उच्छ्वासयोः
ucchvāsáyoḥ
उच्छ्वासानाम्
ucchvāsā́nām
Locative उच्छ्वासे
ucchvāsé
उच्छ्वासयोः
ucchvāsáyoḥ
उच्छ्वासेषु
ucchvāséṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “उच्छ्वास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 174.
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “ucchvāsa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ucchvāsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press