प्लीहन्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- प्लिहन् (plihán)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *(s)pliHźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *spliHĵʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *sploiǵh₂ḗn (“spleen”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn) (whence English spleen), Latin lien, Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʿaycałn), Russian селезёнка (selezjónka), Lithuanian blužnis, Persian اسپرز (esporz).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pl̪iː.ɦɐ́n̪/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpl̪iː.ɦɐn̪/
Noun
प्लीहन् • (plīhán) m
- the spleen
Declension
| Masculine an-stem declension of प्लीहन् (plīhán) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | प्लीहा plīhā́ | प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹ plīhā́nau / plīhā́nā¹ | प्लीहानः plīhā́naḥ |
| Vocative | प्लीहन् plīhán | प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹ plī́hānau / plī́hānā¹ | प्लीहानः plī́hānaḥ |
| Accusative | प्लीहानम् plīhā́nam | प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹ plīhā́nau / plīhā́nā¹ | प्लीह्नः plīhnáḥ |
| Instrumental | प्लीह्ना plīhnā́ | प्लीहभ्याम् plīhábhyām | प्लीहभिः plīhábhiḥ |
| Dative | प्लीह्ने plīhné | प्लीहभ्याम् plīhábhyām | प्लीहभ्यः plīhábhyaḥ |
| Ablative | प्लीह्नः plīhnáḥ | प्लीहभ्याम् plīhábhyām | प्लीहभ्यः plīhábhyaḥ |
| Genitive | प्लीह्नः plīhnáḥ | प्लीह्नोः plīhnóḥ | प्लीह्नाम् plīhnā́m |
| Locative | प्लीह्नि / प्लीहनि plīhní / plīháni | प्लीह्नोः plīhnóḥ | प्लीहसु plīhásu |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “प्लीहन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 715/1.