नभस्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 16 October 2021

नभस् • (nábhas) stem, n

mist, fog, clouds, vapour
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.96.6:
  तं शग्मासो अरुषासो अश्वा बृहस्पतिं सहवाहो वहन्ति।
  सहश्चिद्यस्य नीलवत्सधस्थं नभो न रूपमरुषं वसानाः॥
  taṃ śagmāso aruṣāso aśvā bṛhaspatiṃ sahavāho vahanti.
  sahaścidyasya nīlavatsadhasthaṃ nabho na rūpamaruṣaṃ vasānāḥ.
  Him, this Bṛhaspati, his red-hued horses, drawing together, full of strength, bring hither.
  Robed in red colour like the cloud, they carry the Lord of Might whose friendship gives a dwelling.
the sky or atmosphere (in dual: heaven and earth)
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
ether (as an element)

Neuter as-stem declension of नभस् (nábhas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नभः nábhaḥ	नभसी nábhasī	नभांसि nábhāṃsi
Vocative	नभः nábhaḥ	नभसी nábhasī	नभांसि nábhāṃsi
Accusative	नभः nábhaḥ	नभसी nábhasī	नभांसि nábhāṃsi
Instrumental	नभसा nábhasā	नभोभ्याम् nábhobhyām	नभोभिः nábhobhiḥ
Dative	नभसे nábhase	नभोभ्याम् nábhobhyām	नभोभ्यः nábhobhyaḥ
Ablative	नभसः nábhasaḥ	नभोभ्याम् nábhobhyām	नभोभ्यः nábhobhyaḥ
Genitive	नभसः nábhasaḥ	नभसोः nábhasoḥ	नभसाम् nábhasām
Locative	नभसि nábhasi	नभसोः nábhasoḥ	नभःसु nábhaḥsu

Monier Williams (1899) “नभस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0527.