सदृश्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-dŕ̥ḱ, from the zero grades of *sem- (“one, same”) and *derḱ- (“to see”) respectively. By surface analysis, स- (sa-) +‎ दृश् (dṛś). Compare also सदृक्ष (sadṛ́kṣa).

Pronunciation

Adjective

सदृश् • (sadṛ́ś) stem

  1. alike, like, similar to, resembling
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.94.7:
      यो विश्वतः सुप्रतीकः सदृङ्ङ् असि दूरे चित् सन् तळिद् इवाति रोचसे ।
      रात्र्याश् चिद् अन्धो अति देव पश्यस्य् अग्ने सख्ये मा रिषामा वयं तव ॥
      yo viśvataḥ supratīkaḥ sadṛṅṅ asi dūre cit san taḷid ivāti rocase.
      rātryāś cid andho ati deva paśyasy agne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava.
      Lovely of form art thou, alike on every side; though far, thou shinest brightly as if close at hand.
      O God, thou seest through even the dark of night. Let us not in thy friendship, Agni, suffer harm.
  2. fit, proper, just, right

Declension

Declension of सदृश्
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सदृङ् (sadṛṅ), सदृक् (sadṛk) - सदृंशि (sadṛṃśi)
Vocative - - -
Accusative - - -
Instrumental - - -
Dative - - -
Ablative - - -
Genitive - - -
Locative - - -

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