From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“herd, row”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (sarəδa), Russian череда́ (čeredá, “train, sequence”), Ancient Greek κόρθυς (kórthus, “heap”), Old English heord (whence English herd).
शर्ध • (śárdha) stem, m
| Masculine a-stem declension of शर्ध (śárdha) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शर्धः śárdhaḥ |
शर्धौ / शर्धा¹ śárdhau / śárdhā¹ |
शर्धाः / शर्धासः¹ śárdhāḥ / śárdhāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | शर्ध śárdha |
शर्धौ / शर्धा¹ śárdhau / śárdhā¹ |
शर्धाः / शर्धासः¹ śárdhāḥ / śárdhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | शर्धम् śárdham |
शर्धौ / शर्धा¹ śárdhau / śárdhā¹ |
शर्धान् śárdhān |
| Instrumental | शर्धेन śárdhena |
शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām |
शर्धैः / शर्धेभिः¹ śárdhaiḥ / śárdhebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | शर्धाय śárdhāya |
शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām |
शर्धेभ्यः śárdhebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शर्धात् śárdhāt |
शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām |
शर्धेभ्यः śárdhebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शर्धस्य śárdhasya |
शर्धयोः śárdhayoḥ |
शर्धानाम् śárdhānām |
| Locative | शर्धे śárdhe |
शर्धयोः śárdhayoḥ |
शर्धेषु śárdheṣu |
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