वध

See also: वाद्य, वद्य, and वधा

Sanskrit

Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬜𐬀 (vaδa), 𐬬𐬀𐬛𐬀 (vada, “weapon”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

वध • (vadhá) stem, m

Masculine a-stem declension of वध (vadhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वधः vadháḥ	वधौ / वधा¹ vadhaú / vadhā́¹	वधाः / वधासः¹ vadhā́ḥ / vadhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वध vádha	वधौ / वधा¹ vádhau / vádhā¹	वधाः / वधासः¹ vádhāḥ / vádhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वधम् vadhám	वधौ / वधा¹ vadhaú / vadhā́¹	वधान् vadhā́n
Instrumental	वधेन vadhéna	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधैः / वधेभिः¹ vadhaíḥ / vadhébhiḥ¹
Dative	वधाय vadhā́ya	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ
Ablative	वधात् vadhā́t	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ
Genitive	वधस्य vadhásya	वधयोः vadháyoḥ	वधानाम् vadhā́nām
Locative	वधे vadhé	वधयोः vadháyoḥ	वधेषु vadhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

वध्या (vadhyā, “slaughter, massacre”)
वधकर्माधिकारिन् (vadhakarmādhikārin, “an executioner or he who superintends killings”)
वधकाङ्क्षिन् (vadhakāṅkṣin, “wishing for death”)

Monier Williams (1899) “वध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0916.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press