सुप्त

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सुप्त (supta).

Pronunciation

Adjective

सुप्त • (supt) (indeclinable)

  1. asleep, sleeping
  2. inert
  3. numbed, insensible

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *suptás, from Proto-Indo-European *sup-tó-s, from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Middle Persian hwptk (xuftag) (whence Persian خفته (xofte, “asleep, dormant”)), Parthian (xuft, “asleep”), Gilaki خفت (xuft), Sogdian (՚wβṭyy), Pashto ويده (widë, “asleep”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

सुप्त • (suptá) stem

  1. asleep, fallen asleep
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 34.1:
      यज्जाग्रतो दूरमुदैति दैवं तदु सुप्तस्य तथैवैति ।
      दूरंगमं ज्योतिषां ज्योतिरेकं तन्मे मनः शिवसंकल्पमस्तु ॥
      yajjāgrato dūramudaiti daivaṃ tadu suptasya tathaivaiti.
      dūraṃgamaṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotirekaṃ tanme manaḥ śivasaṃkalpamastu.
      That which is divine and mounts far when man is waking, and which returns to him when he is asleep,
      The one light among the many lights that goeth to a distance, may that mind of mine, be moved by the right intention.
  2. resting, inactive, dull, latent
  3. (in compounds) paralysed, numbed

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सुप्त
singular dual plural
nominative सुप्तः (suptaḥ) सुप्तौ (suptau)
सुप्ता¹ (suptā¹) 		सुप्ताः (suptāḥ)
सुप्तासः¹ (suptāsaḥ¹)
vocative सुप्त (supta) सुप्तौ (suptau)
सुप्ता¹ (suptā¹) 		सुप्ताः (suptāḥ)
सुप्तासः¹ (suptāsaḥ¹)
accusative सुप्तम् (suptam) सुप्तौ (suptau)
सुप्ता¹ (suptā¹) 		सुप्तान् (suptān)
instrumental सुप्तेन (suptena) सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्तैः (suptaiḥ)
सुप्तेभिः¹ (suptebhiḥ¹)
dative सुप्ताय (suptāya) सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्तेभ्यः (suptebhyaḥ)
ablative सुप्तात् (suptāt) सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्तेभ्यः (suptebhyaḥ)
genitive सुप्तस्य (suptasya) सुप्तयोः (suptayoḥ) सुप्तानाम् (suptānām)
locative सुप्ते (supte) सुप्तयोः (suptayoḥ) सुप्तेषु (supteṣu)
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of सुप्ता
singular dual plural
nominative सुप्ता (suptā) सुप्ते (supte) सुप्ताः (suptāḥ)
vocative सुप्ते (supte) सुप्ते (supte) सुप्ताः (suptāḥ)
accusative सुप्ताम् (suptām) सुप्ते (supte) सुप्ताः (suptāḥ)
instrumental सुप्तया (suptayā)
सुप्ता¹ (suptā¹) 		सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्ताभिः (suptābhiḥ)
dative सुप्तायै (suptāyai) सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्ताभ्यः (suptābhyaḥ)
ablative सुप्तायाः (suptāyāḥ)
सुप्तायै² (suptāyai²) 		सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्ताभ्यः (suptābhyaḥ)
genitive सुप्तायाः (suptāyāḥ)
सुप्तायै² (suptāyai²) 		सुप्तयोः (suptayoḥ) सुप्तानाम् (suptānām)
locative सुप्तायाम् (suptāyām) सुप्तयोः (suptayoḥ) सुप्तासु (suptāsu)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of सुप्त
singular dual plural
nominative सुप्तम् (suptam) सुप्ते (supte) सुप्तानि (suptāni)
सुप्ता¹ (suptā¹)
vocative सुप्त (supta) सुप्ते (supte) सुप्तानि (suptāni)
सुप्ता¹ (suptā¹)
accusative सुप्तम् (suptam) सुप्ते (supte) सुप्तानि (suptāni)
सुप्ता¹ (suptā¹)
instrumental सुप्तेन (suptena) सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्तैः (suptaiḥ)
सुप्तेभिः¹ (suptebhiḥ¹)
dative सुप्ताय (suptāya) सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्तेभ्यः (suptebhyaḥ)
ablative सुप्तात् (suptāt) सुप्ताभ्याम् (suptābhyām) सुप्तेभ्यः (suptebhyaḥ)
genitive सुप्तस्य (suptasya) सुप्तयोः (suptayoḥ) सुप्तानाम् (suptānām)
locative सुप्ते (supte) सुप्तयोः (suptayoḥ) सुप्तेषु (supteṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

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