मषी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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

मषी • (maṣī) stem, f

  1. ink

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मषी (maṣī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मषी
maṣī
मष्यौ / मषी¹
maṣyau / maṣī¹
मष्यः / मषीः¹
maṣyaḥ / maṣīḥ¹
Vocative मषि
maṣi
मष्यौ / मषी¹
maṣyau / maṣī¹
मष्यः / मषीः¹
maṣyaḥ / maṣīḥ¹
Accusative मषीम्
maṣīm
मष्यौ / मषी¹
maṣyau / maṣī¹
मषीः
maṣīḥ
Instrumental मष्या
maṣyā
मषीभ्याम्
maṣībhyām
मषीभिः
maṣībhiḥ
Dative मष्यै
maṣyai
मषीभ्याम्
maṣībhyām
मषीभ्यः
maṣībhyaḥ
Ablative मष्याः / मष्यै²
maṣyāḥ / maṣyai²
मषीभ्याम्
maṣībhyām
मषीभ्यः
maṣībhyaḥ
Genitive मष्याः / मष्यै²
maṣyāḥ / maṣyai²
मष्योः
maṣyoḥ
मषीणाम्
maṣīṇām
Locative मष्याम्
maṣyām
मष्योः
maṣyoḥ
मषीषु
maṣīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

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
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