मह

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

मह m

  1. Devanagari script form of maha

Declension

Adjective

मह (maha)

  1. Devanagari script form of maha, masculine/neuter vocative singular of महन्त् (mahant)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Compare Latin magnus, Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), Albanian madh (large),[1] Tocharian B māka, Persian مه.

Pronunciation

Adjective

मह (mahá)

  1. great, large, big, mighty, strong, abundant

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मह
singular dual plural
nominative महः (mahaḥ) महौ (mahau)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
महाः (mahāḥ)
महासः¹ (mahāsaḥ¹)
vocative मह (maha) महौ (mahau)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
महाः (mahāḥ)
महासः¹ (mahāsaḥ¹)
accusative महम् (maham) महौ (mahau)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
महान् (mahān)
instrumental महेन (mahena) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महैः (mahaiḥ)
महेभिः¹ (mahebhiḥ¹)
dative महाय (mahāya) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महेभ्यः (mahebhyaḥ)
ablative महात् (mahāt) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महेभ्यः (mahebhyaḥ)
genitive महस्य (mahasya) महयोः (mahayoḥ) महानाम् (mahānām)
locative महे (mahe) महयोः (mahayoḥ) महेषु (maheṣu)
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of महा
singular dual plural
nominative महा (mahā) महे (mahe) महाः (mahāḥ)
vocative महे (mahe) महे (mahe) महाः (mahāḥ)
accusative महाम् (mahām) महे (mahe) महाः (mahāḥ)
instrumental महया (mahayā)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महाभिः (mahābhiḥ)
dative महायै (mahāyai) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महाभ्यः (mahābhyaḥ)
ablative महायाः (mahāyāḥ)
महायै² (mahāyai²)
महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महाभ्यः (mahābhyaḥ)
genitive महायाः (mahāyāḥ)
महायै² (mahāyai²)
महयोः (mahayoḥ) महानाम् (mahānām)
locative महायाम् (mahāyām) महयोः (mahayoḥ) महासु (mahāsu)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of मह
singular dual plural
nominative महम् (maham) महे (mahe) महानि (mahāni)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
vocative मह (maha) महे (mahe) महानि (mahāni)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
accusative महम् (maham) महे (mahe) महानि (mahāni)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
instrumental महेन (mahena) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महैः (mahaiḥ)
महेभिः¹ (mahebhiḥ¹)
dative महाय (mahāya) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महेभ्यः (mahebhyaḥ)
ablative महात् (mahāt) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महेभ्यः (mahebhyaḥ)
genitive महस्य (mahasya) महयोः (mahayoḥ) महानाम् (mahānām)
locative महे (mahe) महयोः (mahayoḥ) महेषु (maheṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

Noun

मह (mahá) stemm

  1. feast, festival
  2. the festival of spring
  3. sacrifice
  4. buffalo
  5. light, lustre, brilliance
  6. Ichnocarpus frutescens (black creeper)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मह
singular dual plural
nominative महः (mahaḥ) महौ (mahau)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
महाः (mahāḥ)
महासः¹ (mahāsaḥ¹)
vocative मह (maha) महौ (mahau)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
महाः (mahāḥ)
महासः¹ (mahāsaḥ¹)
accusative महम् (maham) महौ (mahau)
महा¹ (mahā¹)
महान् (mahān)
instrumental महेन (mahena) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महैः (mahaiḥ)
महेभिः¹ (mahebhiḥ¹)
dative महाय (mahāya) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महेभ्यः (mahebhyaḥ)
ablative महात् (mahāt) महाभ्याम् (mahābhyām) महेभ्यः (mahebhyaḥ)
genitive महस्य (mahasya) महयोः (mahayoḥ) महानाम् (mahānām)
locative महे (mahe) महयोः (mahayoḥ) महेषु (maheṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  1. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 238.