क्षु

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣú, from a zero-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰas- (to eat).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्षु (kṣú) stemn

  1. food
Declension
Neuter u-stem declension of क्षु (kṣú)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्षु
kṣú
क्षुणी
kṣúṇī
क्षूणि / क्षु¹ / क्षू¹
kṣū́ṇi / kṣú¹ / kṣū́¹
Vocative क्षु / क्षो
kṣú / kṣó
क्षुणी
kṣúṇī
क्षूणि / क्षु¹ / क्षू¹
kṣū́ṇi / kṣú¹ / kṣū́¹
Accusative क्षु
kṣú
क्षुणी
kṣúṇī
क्षूणि / क्षु¹ / क्षू¹
kṣū́ṇi / kṣú¹ / kṣū́¹
Instrumental क्षुणा / क्ष्वा¹
kṣúṇā / kṣvā́¹
क्षुभ्याम्
kṣúbhyām
क्षुभिः
kṣúbhiḥ
Dative क्षुणे / क्षवे¹
kṣúṇe / kṣáve¹
क्षुभ्याम्
kṣúbhyām
क्षुभ्यः
kṣúbhyaḥ
Ablative क्षुणः / क्षोः¹
kṣúṇaḥ / kṣóḥ¹
क्षुभ्याम्
kṣúbhyām
क्षुभ्यः
kṣúbhyaḥ
Genitive क्षुणः / क्षोः¹
kṣúṇaḥ / kṣóḥ¹
क्षुणोः
kṣúṇoḥ
क्षूणाम्
kṣūṇā́m
Locative क्षुणि / क्षौ¹
kṣúṇi / kṣaú¹
क्षुणोः
kṣúṇoḥ
क्षुषु
kṣúṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ksew- or *skew- (to sneeze).

Pronunciation

Root

क्षु (kṣu)

  1. to sneeze, cough
Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0330.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 030
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press