वस्

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *was, from Proto-Indo-European *wos. Cognate with Latin vōs, Avestan 𐬬𐬃 (vā̊).[1]

Pronoun

वस् • (vas)[2]

  2. enclitic accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám)

Etymology 2

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *was-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *was-, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe, wear”).[3]

    Root

    वस् • (vas)[4]

    1. to put on, invest, wear (clothes etc.), assume (a form etc.), enter into
    Derived terms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 17 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    Non-Finite Forms
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms

    Etymology 3

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to become light; to dawn”).[5]

    Root

    वस् • (vas)[6]

    1. to shine, grow bright (esp. applied to the dawn)
    2. to bestow by shining upon
    3. (with दूरे (dūre)) to drive away by shining
    Derived terms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 17 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    Non-Finite Forms
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms

    Etymology 4

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, reside”).[7]

    Root

    वस् • (vas)[8]

    1. to dwell, reside
    2. to remain, abide with or in
    3. to remain or keep on or continue in any condition
    4. to stay, stay put, remain, stop (at a place)
    5. to have sexual intercourse with
    6. to rest upon
    7. to charge or entrust with
    Derived terms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 17 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    Non-Finite Forms
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532
    2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930, column 1.
    3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 529-30
    4. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “4. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 1.
    5. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
    6. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “2. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930, column 1.
    7. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-2
    8. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “5. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 2.

    Further reading

    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155-56
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वस्”, 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
    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 565-7
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