पसस्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pés-o-s (penis). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Latin pēnis, Old English fæsl.

Pronunciation

Noun

पसस् (pásas) stemn

  1. penis, phallus
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:शिश्न
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.101.3:
      आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्यामिव धन्वनि ।
      क्रमस्वर्श इव रोहितमनवग्लायता सदा ॥
      āhaṃ tanomi te paso adhi jyāmiva dhanvani.
      kramasvarśa iva rohitamanavaglāyatā sadā.
      I stretch your penis like a bowstring on a bow
      Approach tirelessly always, like a stag approaches a doe.
    • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 13.2.9.6:
      ...विड्वै गभो राष्ट्रं पसो राष्ट्रमेव विश्याहन्ति तस्माद्राष्ट्रो विशं घातुकः
      ...viḍvai gabho rāṣṭraṃ paso rāṣṭrameva viśyāhanti tasmādrāṣṭro viśaṃ ghātukaḥ
      ...the vulva, doubtless, the people, and the penis royal power; and royal power, indeed, presses hard on and strikes the people on account of which the wielder of royal power is apt to strike down people.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of पसस् (pásas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पसः
pásaḥ
पससी
pásasī
पसांसि
pásāṃsi
Vocative पसः
pásaḥ
पससी
pásasī
पसांसि
pásāṃsi
Accusative पसः
pásaḥ
पससी
pásasī
पसांसि
pásāṃsi
Instrumental पससा
pásasā
पसोभ्याम्
pásobhyām
पसोभिः
pásobhiḥ
Dative पससे
pásase
पसोभ्याम्
pásobhyām
पसोभ्यः
pásobhyaḥ
Ablative पससः
pásasaḥ
पसोभ्याम्
pásobhyām
पसोभ्यः
pásobhyaḥ
Genitive पससः
pásasaḥ
पससोः
pásasoḥ
पससाम्
pásasām
Locative पससि
pásasi
पससोः
pásasoḥ
पसःसु
pásaḥsu

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