साप

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See also: साँप

Bundeli

Etymology

From Persian صاف (sâf). Cognate with Hindi साफ़ (sāf).

Adjective

साप (sāp)

  1. Banaphari standard form of साफ (sāph).

Marathi

एक साप
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Etymology

पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): साप m (sāp)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): सापीण f (sāpīṇ)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘰𑘢 (sāpa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧 (sappa), from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá). Doublet of सर्प (sarpa). Cognate with Gujarati સાપ (sāp), Hindi साँप (sā̃p), Sindhi سپُ / सपु (sapu), Punjabi ਸੱਪ (sappa) / سَپّ (sapp), Nepali साँप (sā̃p), Odia ସାପ (sāpa), Bengali সাপ (śap), Assamese সাপ (xap).

Pronunciation

Noun

साप (sāpm

  1. snake
  2. reptile

Declension

Declension of साप (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
साप
sāp
direct
plural
साप
sāp
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
साप
sāp
साप
sāp
oblique
सामान्यरूप
सापा
sāpā
सापां-
sāpān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
सापाला
sāpālā
सापांना
sāpānnā
ergative सापाने, सापानं
sāpāne, sāpāna
सापांनी
sāpānnī
instrumental सापाशी
sāpāśī
सापांशी
sāpānśī
locative
सप्तमी
सापात
sāpāt
सापांत
sāpāt
vocative
संबोधन
सापा
sāpā
सापांनो
sāpānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of साप (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
सापाचा
sāpāċā
सापाचे
sāpāċe
सापाची
sāpācī
सापाच्या
sāpācā
सापाचे, सापाचं
sāpāċe, sāpāċa
सापाची
sāpācī
सापाच्या
sāpācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
सापांचा
sāpānċā
सापांचे
sāpānċe
सापांची
sāpāñcī
सापांच्या
sāpāncā
सापांचे, सापांचं
sāpānċe, sāpānċa
सापांची
sāpāñcī
सापांच्या
sāpāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “साप”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “साप”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “साप”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sarpá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa). Cognate with Marathi साप (sāp).

Pronunciation

Noun

साप (sāp)

  1. snake

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa).

Noun

साप (sāpa)

  1. curse
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :
      चौंकि महा मुनि साप दियो
      cauṃki mahā muni sāpa diyo