मसी

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Oldest attestation in the Vedic Sanskrit compound मष्मषाकृ (maṣmaṣā́kṛ-, to crush, literally to do 'mash-mash'). It is an onomatopoeic word with parallels in many languages, eg English smash, German Matsch (muck), Finnish mäiskis (splash), Arabic مص (maṣṣa, sip).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

मसी (masī) stemf

  1. ink

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मसी (masī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मसी
masī
मस्यौ / मसी¹
masyau / masī¹
मस्यः / मसीः¹
masyaḥ / masīḥ¹
Vocative मसि
masi
मस्यौ / मसी¹
masyau / masī¹
मस्यः / मसीः¹
masyaḥ / masīḥ¹
Accusative मसीम्
masīm
मस्यौ / मसी¹
masyau / masī¹
मसीः
masīḥ
Instrumental मस्या
masyā
मसीभ्याम्
masībhyām
मसीभिः
masībhiḥ
Dative मस्यै
masyai
मसीभ्याम्
masībhyām
मसीभ्यः
masībhyaḥ
Ablative मस्याः / मस्यै²
masyāḥ / masyai²
मसीभ्याम्
masībhyām
मसीभ्यः
masībhyaḥ
Genitive मस्याः / मस्यै²
masyāḥ / masyai²
मस्योः
masyoḥ
मसीनाम्
masīnām
Locative मस्याम्
masyām
मस्योः
masyoḥ
मसीषु
masīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “maṣmaṣā́-kar-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 335