मषि

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See also: मूष् and मेष

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Oldest attestation in the Vedic Sanskrit compound मष्मषाकृ (maṣmaṣā́kṛ-, “to crush”, literally “to do 'mash-mash'”). It is an onomatopoeic word with parallels in many languages, eg English smash, German Matsch (“muck”), Finnish mäiskis (“splash”), Arabic مص (maṣṣa, “sip”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

मषि • (maṣi) stem, f

  1. powder
  2. powdered, burnt bone (used to make ink or eye makeup)
  3. soot, lampblack
  4. Nardostachys jatamansi (used to obtain spikenard)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of मषि (maṣi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मषिः
maṣiḥ 		मषी
maṣī 		मषयः
maṣayaḥ
Vocative मषे
maṣe 		मषी
maṣī 		मषयः
maṣayaḥ
Accusative मषिम्
maṣim 		मषी
maṣī 		मषीः
maṣīḥ
Instrumental मष्या / मषी¹
maṣyā / maṣī¹ 		मषिभ्याम्
maṣibhyām 		मषिभिः
maṣibhiḥ
Dative मषये / मष्यै² / मषी¹
maṣaye / maṣyai² / maṣī¹ 		मषिभ्याम्
maṣibhyām 		मषिभ्यः
maṣibhyaḥ
Ablative मषेः / मष्याः² / मष्यै³
maṣeḥ / maṣyāḥ² / maṣyai³ 		मषिभ्याम्
maṣibhyām 		मषिभ्यः
maṣibhyaḥ
Genitive मषेः / मष्याः² / मष्यै³
maṣeḥ / maṣyāḥ² / maṣyai³ 		मष्योः
maṣyoḥ 		मषीणाम्
maṣīṇām
Locative मषौ / मष्याम्² / मषा¹
maṣau / maṣyām² / maṣā¹ 		मष्योः
maṣyoḥ 		मषिषु
maṣiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

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References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “maṣmaṣā́-kar-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 335

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मषि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0793.
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मषि”, 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
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