कृप्
See also: कोप, कपि, कापी, and कृपा
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kŕ̥pṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥pš, from Proto-Indo-European *kérp-s ~ *kr̥p-é-s, from *krep- (“body”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬞𐬇𐬨 (kəhrpə̄m), Middle Persian klp (kirb, “body, form”), Latin corpus, Old Armenian որովայն (orovayn) and Old English hrif (whence English riff).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kŕ̩p/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kr̩p/
Noun
कृप् • (kṛ́p) f
- beautiful appearance, beauty, splendour
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.15.5:
- पावकया यश्चितयन्त्या कृपा क्षामन्रुरुच उषसो न भानुना ।
- pāvakayā yaścitayantyā kṛpā kṣāmanruruca uṣaso na bhānunā .
- Who with his purifying, eye-attracting form hath shone upon the earth as with the light of Dawn
- पावकया यश्चितयन्त्या कृपा क्षामन्रुरुच उषसो न भानुना ।
Declension
Declension of कृप्
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | - | - | - |
| Vocative | - | - | - |
| Accusative | - | - | - |
| Instrumental | कृपा (kṛpā́) | - | - |
| Dative | - | - | - |
| Ablative | - | - | - |
| Genitive | - | - | - |
| Locative | - | - | - |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कृप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0305.