दुस्-
See also: दस, देस, दोस, दिस, दोस्, देसी, दास, and दासी
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- दुः- (duḥ-) – before श्, ष्, स् (ś, ṣ, s) and rarely before क्, ख्, प्, फ् (k, kh, p, ph)
- दुर्- (dur-) – before vowels and voiced consonants
- दुश्- (duś-) – before च्, छ् (c, ch) and rarely before श् (ś)
- दुष्- (duṣ-) – before क्, ख्, प्, फ् (k, kh, p, ph) and rarely before ष् (ṣ); in older language also before त्, थ् (t, th) which become ट्, ठ् (ṭ, ṭh)
- दू- (dū-) – before र् (r) and sometimes before द्, ध्, न् (d, dh, n), which become ड्, ढ्, ण् (ḍ, ḍh, ṇ)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *duš-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš-, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-. Cognate with Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult”), Old Armenian տ- (t-, a negative prefix), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬱- (duš-), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-); Old Irish do-.
Prefix
दुस्- • (dus-)
- a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs (Pāṇ. 2-1, 6 ; 2, 18 Vārtt. 2 Pat. ; iii, 3, 126, etc.) implying evil, bad, difficult, hard
- badly, hardly ; slight, inferior, etc., often = English in- or un-.
Antonyms
- सु- (su-)
Derived terms
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दुस्-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 488.