महस्

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *máźʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máȷ́ʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂-os ~ *méǵh₂-es-, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬵 (mazah, “word”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), Latin magnus, Albanian madh (“large, big”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

महस् • (máhas) stem, n

  1. greatness, might, power, glory
  2. joy, gladness, pleasure

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of महस् (máhas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative महः
máhaḥ 		महसी
máhasī 		महांसि
máhāṃsi
Vocative महः
máhaḥ 		महसी
máhasī 		महांसि
máhāṃsi
Accusative महः
máhaḥ 		महसी
máhasī 		महांसि
máhāṃsi
Instrumental महसा
máhasā 		महोभ्याम्
máhobhyām 		महोभिः
máhobhiḥ
Dative महसे
máhase 		महोभ्याम्
máhobhyām 		महोभ्यः
máhobhyaḥ
Ablative महसः
máhasaḥ 		महोभ्याम्
máhobhyām 		महोभ्यः
máhobhyaḥ
Genitive महसः
máhasaḥ 		महसोः
máhasoḥ 		महसाम्
máhasām
Locative महसि
máhasi 		महसोः
máhasoḥ 		महःसु
máhaḥsu

Descendants

  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Sinhalese: මහ (maha, “sacrifice”)
  • Pali: maha m (“festival, greatness”)

References

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