नीळ
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- नीड (nīḍá)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *niẓḍás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *niždás, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Cognate with Latin nīdus, English nest. In the Rigveda, ḷ is metrically a cluster, suggesting a Rigvedic niẓḍá.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /n̪iː.ɭ̆ɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈn̪iː.ɭ̆ɐ/
Noun
नीळ • (nīḷá) (pronounced niẓḍá) (Vedic)
- a bird's nest
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of नीळ (nīḷá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | नीळः nīḷáḥ | नीळौ nīḷaú | नीळाः / नीळासः¹ nīḷā́ḥ / nīḷā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | नीळ nī́ḷa | नीळौ nī́ḷau | नीळाः / नीळासः¹ nī́ḷāḥ / nī́ḷāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | नीळम् nīḷám | नीळौ nīḷaú | नीळान् nīḷā́n |
| Instrumental | नीळेन nīḷéna | नीळाभ्याम् nīḷā́bhyām | नीळैः / नीळेभिः¹ nīḷaíḥ / nīḷébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | नीळाय nīḷā́ya | नीळाभ्याम् nīḷā́bhyām | नीळेभ्यः nīḷébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | नीळात् nīḷā́t | नीळाभ्याम् nīḷā́bhyām | नीळेभ्यः nīḷébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | नीळस्य nīḷásya | नीळयोः nīḷáyoḥ | नीळानाम् nīḷā́nām |
| Locative | नीळे nīḷé | नीळयोः nīḷáyoḥ | नीळेषु nīḷéṣu |
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