युज्

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (to join, yoke). Cognate with Latin iungō whence English junction, join; Ancient Greek ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmĭ, to yoke); English yoke.

    Pronunciation

    Root

    युज् (yuj)

    1. to yoke or join or fasten or harness (horses or a chariot)
    2. to make ready, prepare, arrange, fit out, set to work, use, employ, apply
    3. to equip (an army),
    4. to offer, perform (prayers, a sacrifice)
    5. to put on (arrows on a bowstring)
    6. to fix in, insert, inject (semen),
    7. to appoint to, charge or intrust with
    8. to command, enjoin
    9. to turn or direct or fix or concentrate (the mind, thoughts) upon
    10. to join, unite, connect, add, bring together (to be attached, cleave to)
    11. to confer, or bestow anything upon
    12. to bring into possession of, furnish or endow with

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    Noun

    युज् (yúj) stemm

    1. a yoke-fellow, companion, comrade, associate
    2. a sage who devotes his time to abstract contemplation
    3. a pair, couple, the number "two"
    4. (in the dual) the two Aśvins

    Declension

    Masculine root-stem declension of युज्
    singular dual plural
    nominative युक् (yuk) युजौ (yujau)
    युजा¹ (yujā¹)
    युजः (yujaḥ)
    vocative युक् (yuk) युजौ (yujau)
    युजा¹ (yujā¹)
    युजः (yujaḥ)
    accusative युजम् (yujam) युजौ (yujau)
    युजा¹ (yujā¹)
    युजः (yujaḥ)
    instrumental युजा (yujā) युग्भ्याम् (yugbhyām) युग्भिः (yugbhiḥ)
    dative युजे (yuje) युग्भ्याम् (yugbhyām) युग्भ्यः (yugbhyaḥ)
    ablative युजः (yujaḥ) युग्भ्याम् (yugbhyām) युग्भ्यः (yugbhyaḥ)
    genitive युजः (yujaḥ) युजोः (yujoḥ) युजाम् (yujām)
    locative युजि (yuji) युजोः (yujoḥ) युक्षु (yukṣu)
    • ¹Vedic

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “युज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 853, columns 2-3.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 132-133
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 413; 417-418