श्वशुर
See also: श्वश्रू
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós), Latin socer, Old English sweor.
Usage notes
It can indicate both the husband's or the wife's father. In the oldest language however it only denotes the husband’s father.
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of श्वशुर (śváśura) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | श्वशुरः śváśuraḥ |
श्वशुरौ / श्वशुरा¹ śváśurau / śváśurā¹ |
श्वशुराः / श्वशुरासः¹ śváśurāḥ / śváśurāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | श्वशुर śváśura |
श्वशुरौ / श्वशुरा¹ śváśurau / śváśurā¹ |
श्वशुराः / श्वशुरासः¹ śváśurāḥ / śváśurāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | श्वशुरम् śváśuram |
श्वशुरौ / श्वशुरा¹ śváśurau / śváśurā¹ |
श्वशुरान् śváśurān |
| Instrumental | श्वशुरेण śváśureṇa |
श्वशुराभ्याम् śváśurābhyām |
श्वशुरैः / श्वशुरेभिः¹ śváśuraiḥ / śváśurebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | श्वशुराय śváśurāya |
श्वशुराभ्याम् śváśurābhyām |
श्वशुरेभ्यः śváśurebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | श्वशुरात् śváśurāt |
श्वशुराभ्याम् śváśurābhyām |
श्वशुरेभ्यः śváśurebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | श्वशुरस्य śváśurasya |
श्वशुरयोः śváśurayoḥ |
श्वशुराणाम् śváśurāṇām |
| Locative | श्वशुरे śváśure |
श्वशुरयोः śváśurayoḥ |
श्वशुरेषु śváśureṣu |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “श्वशुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1105/3.
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