विसर्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From वि- (vi-, away; about; in different directions) + सृज् (sṛj, to send forth; to release; to emit; etc., root) + -अ (-a, nominalization suffix). The root is inherited from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (to let go, send).

Pronunciation

Noun

विसर्ग • (visargá) stem, m

  1. liberation, freedom, letting go
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.103.9:
      संवत्सरे प्रावृष्यागतायां तप्ता घर्मा अश्नुवते विसर्गम्
      saṃvatsare prāvṛṣyāgatāyāṃ taptā gharmā aśnuvate visargam.
      Soon as the Rain-time in the year returneth, these who were heated kettles gain their freedom.
  2. sending forth, emission, discharge
  3. voiding, evacuation (of excrement)
  4. cessation, end
  5. (phonetics) the visarga; the symbol "" denoting the voiceless glottal fricative
    Synonym: विसर्जनीय (visarjanīya)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विसर्ग (visargá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative विसर्गः
visargáḥ
विसर्गौ / विसर्गा¹
visargaú / visargā́¹
विसर्गाः / विसर्गासः¹
visargā́ḥ / visargā́saḥ¹
Vocative विसर्ग
vísarga
विसर्गौ / विसर्गा¹
vísargau / vísargā¹
विसर्गाः / विसर्गासः¹
vísargāḥ / vísargāsaḥ¹
Accusative विसर्गम्
visargám
विसर्गौ / विसर्गा¹
visargaú / visargā́¹
विसर्गान्
visargā́n
Instrumental विसर्गेण
visargéṇa
विसर्गाभ्याम्
visargā́bhyām
विसर्गैः / विसर्गेभिः¹
visargaíḥ / visargébhiḥ¹
Dative विसर्गाय
visargā́ya
विसर्गाभ्याम्
visargā́bhyām
विसर्गेभ्यः
visargébhyaḥ
Ablative विसर्गात्
visargā́t
विसर्गाभ्याम्
visargā́bhyām
विसर्गेभ्यः
visargébhyaḥ
Genitive विसर्गस्य
visargásya
विसर्गयोः
visargáyoḥ
विसर्गाणाम्
visargā́ṇām
Locative विसर्गे
visargé
विसर्गयोः
visargáyoḥ
विसर्गेषु
visargéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • English: visarga

References

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