सरस्

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Pali

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Noun

सरस् m or n

  1. Devanagari script form of saras (“lake”)

Declension

Declension table of "सरस्" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)सरो (saro) or सरं (saraṃ)सरानि (sarāni) or सरा (sarā)
Accusative (second)सरो (saro) or सरं (saraṃ)सरानि (sarāni) or सरे (sare)
Instrumental (third)सरसा (sarasā) or सरेन (sarena)सरेहि (sarehi) or सरेभि (sarebhi)
Dative (fourth)सरसो (saraso) or सरस्स (sarassa)सरानं (sarānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)सरसा (sarasā) or सरस्मा (sarasmā) or सरम्हा (saramhā) or सरा (sarā)सरेहि (sarehi) or सरेभि (sarebhi)
Genitive (sixth)सरसो (saraso) or सरस्स (sarassa)सरानं (sarānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)सरसि (sarasi) or सरस्मिं (sarasmiṃ) or सरम्हि (saramhi) or सरे (sare)सरेसु (saresu)
Vocative (calling)सरो (saro) or सर (sara) or सरं (saraṃ) or सरा (sarā)सरानि (sarāni) or सरा (sarā)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáras, from late, southern dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sélos ~ *séles (“marsh”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕλος (hélos, “marsh-meadow”), Old Armenian եղտիւր (ełtiwr, “marsh”).

Pronunciation

Noun

सरस् • (sáras) stem, n

  1. pond, lake
  2. pool, tank, pail of water
  3. a large sheet of water
  4. anything flowing or fluid

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of सरस् (sáras)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सरः
sáraḥ 		सरसी
sárasī 		सरांसि
sárāṃsi
Vocative सरः
sáraḥ 		सरसी
sárasī 		सरांसि
sárāṃsi
Accusative सरः
sáraḥ 		सरसी
sárasī 		सरांसि
sárāṃsi
Instrumental सरसा
sárasā 		सरोभ्याम्
sárobhyām 		सरोभिः
sárobhiḥ
Dative सरसे
sárase 		सरोभ्याम्
sárobhyām 		सरोभ्यः
sárobhyaḥ
Ablative सरसः
sárasaḥ 		सरोभ्याम्
sárobhyām 		सरोभ्यः
sárobhyaḥ
Genitive सरसः
sárasaḥ 		सरसोः
sárasoḥ 		सरसाम्
sárasām
Locative सरसि
sárasi 		सरसोः
sárasoḥ 		सरःसु
sáraḥsu

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kashmiri: سَر (sar)
  • Old Marathi: सरा (sarā)
  • Pali: saras

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “सरस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708
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