गुह्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (“to hide, conceal”). See गूहति (gūhati) for cognates.

Pronunciation

Root

गुह् • (guh)

  1. to cover, conceal, hide
  2. to keep secret

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गुह् (0 c, 2 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गुह् (2 c, 0 e)
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Derived Nominal Forms
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Noun

गुह् • (gúh) stem, f

  1. a hiding place, cave, den, lair
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.67.6:
      प्रिया पदानि पश्वो नि पाहि विश्वायुरग्ने गुहा गुहं गाः ॥
      priyā padāni paśvo ni pāhi viśvāyuragne guhā guhaṃ gāḥ.
      O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of गुह् (gúh)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative घुट्
ghúṭ 		गुहौ / गुहा¹
gúhau / gúhā¹ 		गुहः
gúhaḥ
Vocative घुट्
ghúṭ 		गुहौ / गुहा¹
gúhau / gúhā¹ 		गुहः
gúhaḥ
Accusative गुहम्
gúham 		गुहौ / गुहा¹
gúhau / gúhā¹ 		गुहः
gúhaḥ
Instrumental गुहा
guhā́ 		घुड्भ्याम्
ghuḍbhyā́m 		घुड्भिः
ghuḍbhíḥ
Dative गुहे
guhé 		घुड्भ्याम्
ghuḍbhyā́m 		घुड्भ्यः
ghuḍbhyáḥ
Ablative गुहः
guháḥ 		घुड्भ्याम्
ghuḍbhyā́m 		घुड्भ्यः
ghuḍbhyáḥ
Genitive गुहः
guháḥ 		गुहोः
guhóḥ 		गुहाम्
guhā́m
Locative गुहि
guhí 		गुहोः
guhóḥ 		घुट्सु
ghuṭsú
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “गुह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0360.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गुह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 038
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गुह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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