प्लीहन्

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *spliHȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pli(H)ǵʰḗn.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn) (whence English spleen), Latin lien, Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Russian селезёнка (selezjónka), Lithuanian blužnis, Persian اسپرز (esporz).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्लीहन् (plīhán) stemm

  1. the spleen
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.33.3:
      हृदयात्ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात्पार्श्वाभ्याम् ।
      यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस्ते वि वृहामसि ॥
      hṛdayātte pari klomno halīkṣṇātpārśvābhyām.
      yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknaste vi vṛhāmasi.
      Forth from thy heart and from thy lungs, from thy gall-bladder and thy sides,
      From kidneys, spleen and liver thy malady we uproot.

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of प्लीहन् (plīhán)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्लीहा
plīhā́
प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹
plīhā́nau / plīhā́nā¹
प्लीहानः
plīhā́naḥ
Vocative प्लीहन्
plī́han
प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹
plī́hānau / plī́hānā¹
प्लीहानः
plī́hānaḥ
Accusative प्लीहानम्
plīhā́nam
प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹
plīhā́nau / plīhā́nā¹
प्लीह्नः
plīhnáḥ
Instrumental प्लीह्ना
plīhnā́
प्लीहभ्याम्
plīhábhyām
प्लीहभिः
plīhábhiḥ
Dative प्लीह्ने
plīhné
प्लीहभ्याम्
plīhábhyām
प्लीहभ्यः
plīhábhyaḥ
Ablative प्लीह्नः
plīhnáḥ
प्लीहभ्याम्
plīhábhyām
प्लीहभ्यः
plīhábhyaḥ
Genitive प्लीह्नः
plīhnáḥ
प्लीह्नोः
plīhnóḥ
प्लीह्नाम्
plīhnā́m
Locative प्लीह्नि / प्लीहनि / प्लीहन्¹
plīhní / plīháni / plīhán¹
प्लीह्नोः
plīhnóḥ
प्लीहसु
plīhásu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Hindi: फिया (phiyā)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “plīhán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 196-197