इदम्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *id. Compare Latin id.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /i.d̪ɐ́m/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi.d̪ɐm/
Pronoun
इदम् • (idám) n
- this (something near to the speaker)
- (chiefly Vedic) here
- Synonym: अत्र (atra)
- now, just
- in this manner
- c. 1000, Rāmāyaṇa 2.53.31
Declension
| Declension of इदम् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | इदम् (idam) | ||
| Gen. sg. | अस्य (asya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | इदम् (idam) | इमे (ime) | इमानि (imāni) |
| Vocative | — | — | — |
| Accusative | इदम् (idam) | इमे (ime) | इमानि (imāni) |
| Instrumental | अनेन (anena) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभिः (ebhiḥ) |
| Dative | अस्मै (asmai) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | अस्मात् (asmāt) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | अस्य (asya) | अनयोः (anayoḥ) | एषाम् (eṣām) |
| Locative | अस्मिन् (asmin) | अनयोः (anayoḥ) | एषु (eṣu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “इदम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 165.