युध्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyúts, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyúdʰs.

Pronunciation

Noun

युध् (yúdh) stemf

  1. war, battle, fight, combat
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.91.21:
      अषा॑ळ्हं यु॒त्सु पृत॑नासु॒ पप्रिं॑ स्व॒र्षाम॒प्सां वृ॒जन॑स्य गो॒पाम् ।
      भ॒रे॒षु॒जां सु॑क्षि॒तिं सु॒श्रव॑सं॒ जय॑न्तं॒ त्वामनु॑ मदेम सोम ॥
      áṣāḷhaṃ yutsú pṛ́tanāsu pápriṃ svarṣā́mapsā́ṃ vṛjánasya gopā́m.
      bhareṣujā́ṃ sukṣitíṃ suśrávasaṃ jáyantaṃ tvā́mánu madema soma.
      Invincible in fight, saver in battles, guard of our camp, winner of light and water,
      Born amid hymns, well-housed, exceeding famous, victor, in thee will we rejoice, O Soma.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of युध् (yúdh)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative युत्
yút
युधौ / युधा¹
yúdhau / yúdhā¹
युधः
yúdhaḥ
Vocative युत्
yút
युधौ / युधा¹
yúdhau / yúdhā¹
युधः
yúdhaḥ
Accusative युधम्
yúdham
युधौ / युधा¹
yúdhau / yúdhā¹
युधः
yúdhaḥ
Instrumental युधा
yudhā́
युद्भ्याम्
yudbhyā́m
युद्भिः
yudbhíḥ
Dative युधे
yudhé
युद्भ्याम्
yudbhyā́m
युद्भ्यः
yudbhyáḥ
Ablative युधः
yudháḥ
युद्भ्याम्
yudbhyā́m
युद्भ्यः
yudbhyáḥ
Genitive युधः
yudháḥ
युधोः
yudhóḥ
युधाम्
yudhā́m
Locative युधि
yudhí
युधोः
yudhóḥ
युत्सु
yutsú
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Noun

युध् (yudh) stemm

  1. fighter, warrior, hero

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of युध् (yudh)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative युत्
yut
युधौ / युधा¹
yudhau / yudhā¹
युधः
yudhaḥ
Vocative युत्
yut
युधौ / युधा¹
yudhau / yudhā¹
युधः
yudhaḥ
Accusative युधम्
yudham
युधौ / युधा¹
yudhau / yudhā¹
युधः
yudhaḥ
Instrumental युधा
yudhā
युद्भ्याम्
yudbhyām
युद्भिः
yudbhiḥ
Dative युधे
yudhe
युद्भ्याम्
yudbhyām
युद्भ्यः
yudbhyaḥ
Ablative युधः
yudhaḥ
युद्भ्याम्
yudbhyām
युद्भ्यः
yudbhyaḥ
Genitive युधः
yudhaḥ
युधोः
yudhoḥ
युधाम्
yudhām
Locative युधि
yudhi
युधोः
yudhoḥ
युत्सु
yutsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Root

युध् (yudh)

  1. to fight, battle

Derived terms

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Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “युध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 854/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 133
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 418-419