शी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕiː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-.

Alternative forms

• शय् (śay)

Adjective

शी • (śī) stem (root शी)

1. (At the end of a compound) lying, resting

Declension

Noun

शी • (śī) stem, m (root शी)

1. sleep, repose
2. devotion, tranquility

Declension

Root

शी • (śī)

1. to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Of unclear origin. The root has been brought into a suppletive relationship with शत् (śat, “to hew”) and शद् (śad, “to fall, fall off”), with older theories entertaining a possible relation with either root, particularly शत् (śat), but this is uncertain. Other theories linking the root to श्यै (śyai, “to congeal, freeze”) have caused controversy.

Alternative forms

• शीय् (śīy)

Root

शी • (śī)

1. to fall out or away, disappear, vanish

Derived terms

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1077/1.