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 (suptá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सुप्तः
suptáḥ 		सुप्तौ / सुप्ता¹
suptaú / suptā́¹ 		सुप्ताः / सुप्तासः¹
suptā́ḥ / suptā́saḥ¹
Vocative सुप्त
súpta 		सुप्तौ / सुप्ता¹
súptau / súptā¹ 		सुप्ताः / सुप्तासः¹
súptāḥ / súptāsaḥ¹
Accusative सुप्तम्
suptám 		सुप्तौ / सुप्ता¹
suptaú / suptā́¹ 		सुप्तान्
suptā́n
Instrumental सुप्तेन
supténa 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्तैः / सुप्तेभिः¹
suptaíḥ / suptébhiḥ¹
Dative सुप्ताय
suptā́ya 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्तेभ्यः
suptébhyaḥ
Ablative सुप्तात्
suptā́t 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्तेभ्यः
suptébhyaḥ
Genitive सुप्तस्य
suptásya 		सुप्तयोः
suptáyoḥ 		सुप्तानाम्
suptā́nām
Locative सुप्ते
supté 		सुप्तयोः
suptáyoḥ 		सुप्तेषु
suptéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of सुप्ता (suptā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सुप्ता
suptā́ 		सुप्ते
supté 		सुप्ताः
suptā́ḥ
Vocative सुप्ते
súpte 		सुप्ते
súpte 		सुप्ताः
súptāḥ
Accusative सुप्ताम्
suptā́m 		सुप्ते
supté 		सुप्ताः
suptā́ḥ
Instrumental सुप्तया / सुप्ता¹
suptáyā / suptā́¹ 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्ताभिः
suptā́bhiḥ
Dative सुप्तायै
suptā́yai 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्ताभ्यः
suptā́bhyaḥ
Ablative सुप्तायाः / सुप्तायै²
suptā́yāḥ / suptā́yai² 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्ताभ्यः
suptā́bhyaḥ
Genitive सुप्तायाः / सुप्तायै²
suptā́yāḥ / suptā́yai² 		सुप्तयोः
suptáyoḥ 		सुप्तानाम्
suptā́nām
Locative सुप्तायाम्
suptā́yām 		सुप्तयोः
suptáyoḥ 		सुप्तासु
suptā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of सुप्त (suptá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सुप्तम्
suptám 		सुप्ते
supté 		सुप्तानि / सुप्ता¹
suptā́ni / suptā́¹
Vocative सुप्त
súpta 		सुप्ते
súpte 		सुप्तानि / सुप्ता¹
súptāni / súptā¹
Accusative सुप्तम्
suptám 		सुप्ते
supté 		सुप्तानि / सुप्ता¹
suptā́ni / suptā́¹
Instrumental सुप्तेन
supténa 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्तैः / सुप्तेभिः¹
suptaíḥ / suptébhiḥ¹
Dative सुप्ताय
suptā́ya 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्तेभ्यः
suptébhyaḥ
Ablative सुप्तात्
suptā́t 		सुप्ताभ्याम्
suptā́bhyām 		सुप्तेभ्यः
suptébhyaḥ
Genitive सुप्तस्य
suptásya 		सुप्तयोः
suptáyoḥ 		सुप्तानाम्
suptā́nām
Locative सुप्ते
supté 		सुप्तयोः
suptáyoḥ 		सुप्तेषु
suptéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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