रुच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *rúkṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rúkš, from Proto-Indo-European *léwks, from *lewk- (light; to be bright). Cognate with Latin lūx, Russian луч (luč, light), Persian روشن (rowšan), Old English lēoht (whence English light).

Noun

रुच् • (rúc) stem, f

  1. light, lustre, brightness
  2. splendor, beauty, loveliness
  3. pleasure, delight, liking, wish, desire
  4. color, hue
  5. appearance, resemblance
Declension
Feminine root-stem declension of रुच् (rúc)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative रुक्
rúk
रुचौ / रुचा¹
rúcau / rúcā¹
रुचः
rúcaḥ
Vocative रुक्
rúk
रुचौ / रुचा¹
rúcau / rúcā¹
रुचः
rúcaḥ
Accusative रुचम्
rúcam
रुचौ / रुचा¹
rúcau / rúcā¹
रुचः
rúcaḥ
Instrumental रुचा
rucā́
रुग्भ्याम्
rugbhyā́m
रुग्भिः
rugbhíḥ
Dative रुचे
rucé
रुग्भ्याम्
rugbhyā́m
रुग्भ्यः
rugbhyáḥ
Ablative रुचः
rucáḥ
रुग्भ्याम्
rugbhyā́m
रुग्भ्यः
rugbhyáḥ
Genitive रुचः
rucáḥ
रुचोः
rucóḥ
रुचाम्
rucā́m
Locative रुचि
rucí
रुचोः
rucóḥ
रुक्षु
rukṣú
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Alternative forms

  • रोच् (roc)

Root

रुच् • (ruc)

  1. to shine, be bright or radiant or resplendent
  2. to be splendid or beautiful or good
  3. to be agreeable to, please
  4. to be pleased with, like
  5. to enlighten, illuminate, make bright
Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रुच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0881/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 141
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 452; 463-4
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