श्लेष्मन्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 7 July 2022

Alternative scripts

শ্লেষ্মন্ (Assamese script)
ᬰ᭄ᬮᬾᬱ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
শ্লেষ্মন্ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰿𑰩𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ၐ္လေၑ္မန် (Burmese script)
શ્લેષ્મન્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼੍ਲੇਸ਼੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦯ꧀ꦭꦺꦰ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂹𑂪𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಶ್ಲೇಷ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
ឝ្លេឞ្មន៑ (Khmer script)
ຨ຺ເລຩ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
ശ്ലേഷ്മന് (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠯᡝᢢᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘿𑘩𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠱᠯᠧᢔᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧠𑧉𑧚𑧌𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑑂𑐮𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ଶ୍ଲେଷ୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢯ꣄ꢭꢾꢰ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑇀𑆬𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖿𑖩𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
ශ‍්ලෙෂ‍්මන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩿 𑪙𑩽𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚶𑚥𑚲𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
ஶ்லேஷ்மந் (Tamil script)
శ్లేష్మౝ (Telugu script)
ศฺเลษฺมนฺ (Thai script)
ཤླེ་ཥྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓂𑒪𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑩇𑨬𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root श्लिष् (śliṣ, “to adhere, attach, cling, stick”) +‎ -मन् (-man).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕlɐjʂ.mɐ́n/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕl̪eːʂ.mɐn̪/

Noun

श्लेष्मन् • (śleṣmán) stem, m

phlegm, mucus, rheum
Synonyms: लम्बन (lambana), निद्रासंजनन (nidrāsaṃjanana), स्येदु (syedu), रेचन (recana), असृज् (asṛj), शृङ्खाणिका (śṛṅkhāṇikā), शुक्ल (śukla), स्वेदन (svedana), कफ (kapha), बलहन् (balahan), क्लेदन (kledana), श्लेष्मक (śleṣmaka)
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of श्लेष्मन् (śleṣmán)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्लेष्मा śleṣmā́	श्लेष्माणौ / श्लेष्माणा¹ śleṣmā́ṇau / śleṣmā́ṇā¹	श्लेष्माणः śleṣmā́ṇaḥ
Vocative	श्लेष्मन् śléṣman	श्लेष्माणौ / श्लेष्माणा¹ śléṣmāṇau / śléṣmāṇā¹	श्लेष्माणः śléṣmāṇaḥ
Accusative	श्लेष्माणम् śleṣmā́ṇam	श्लेष्माणौ / श्लेष्माणा¹ śleṣmā́ṇau / śleṣmā́ṇā¹	श्लेष्मणः śleṣmáṇaḥ
Instrumental	श्लेष्मणा śleṣmáṇā	श्लेष्मभ्याम् śleṣmábhyām	श्लेष्मभिः śleṣmábhiḥ
Dative	श्लेष्मणे śleṣmáṇe	श्लेष्मभ्याम् śleṣmábhyām	श्लेष्मभ्यः śleṣmábhyaḥ
Ablative	श्लेष्मणः śleṣmáṇaḥ	श्लेष्मभ्याम् śleṣmábhyām	श्लेष्मभ्यः śleṣmábhyaḥ
Genitive	श्लेष्मणः śleṣmáṇaḥ	श्लेष्मणोः śleṣmáṇoḥ	श्लेष्मणाम् śleṣmáṇām
Locative	श्लेष्मणि / श्लेष्मन्¹ śleṣmáṇi / śleṣmán¹	श्लेष्मणोः śleṣmáṇoḥ	श्लेष्मसु śleṣmásu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

श्लेष्मन् • (śleṣmán) stem, n

a band, cord, string
- c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa
glue

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of श्लेष्मन् (śleṣmán)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्लेष्मा śleṣmā́	श्लेष्माणौ / श्लेष्माणा¹ śleṣmā́ṇau / śleṣmā́ṇā¹	श्लेष्माणः śleṣmā́ṇaḥ
Vocative	श्लेष्मन् śléṣman	श्लेष्माणौ / श्लेष्माणा¹ śléṣmāṇau / śléṣmāṇā¹	श्लेष्माणः śléṣmāṇaḥ
Accusative	श्लेष्माणम् śleṣmā́ṇam	श्लेष्माणौ / श्लेष्माणा¹ śleṣmā́ṇau / śleṣmā́ṇā¹	श्लेष्मणः śleṣmáṇaḥ
Instrumental	श्लेष्मणा śleṣmáṇā	श्लेष्मभ्याम् śleṣmábhyām	श्लेष्मभिः śleṣmábhiḥ
Dative	श्लेष्मणे śleṣmáṇe	श्लेष्मभ्याम् śleṣmábhyām	श्लेष्मभ्यः śleṣmábhyaḥ
Ablative	श्लेष्मणः śleṣmáṇaḥ	श्लेष्मभ्याम् śleṣmábhyām	श्लेष्मभ्यः śleṣmábhyaḥ
Genitive	श्लेष्मणः śleṣmáṇaḥ	श्लेष्मणोः śleṣmáṇoḥ	श्लेष्मणाम् śleṣmáṇām
Locative	श्लेष्मणि / श्लेष्मन्¹ śleṣmáṇi / śleṣmán¹	श्लेष्मणोः śleṣmáṇoḥ	श्लेष्मसु śleṣmásu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “श्लेष्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1104.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “śleṣman”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “श्लेष्मन्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1580
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्लेष्मन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 323
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ślēṣmán”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 738

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