प्लुषि
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *plúṣiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *plúšiš, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”). Cognate with Latin pūlex, Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla), Old English flēa (whence English flea).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pl̪ú.ʂi/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpl̪u.ʂi/
Noun
प्लुषि • (plúṣi) m
- a species of noxious insect
- a prajā́pataye púruṣān hastínā ā́labʰate vācé plúṣīn
Declension
| Masculine i-stem declension of प्लुषि (plúṣi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | प्लुषिः plúṣiḥ | प्लुषी plúṣī | प्लुषयः plúṣayaḥ |
| Vocative | प्लुषे plúṣe | प्लुषी plúṣī | प्लुषयः plúṣayaḥ |
| Accusative | प्लुषिम् plúṣim | प्लुषी plúṣī | प्लुषीन् plúṣīn |
| Instrumental | प्लुषिणा / प्लुष्या¹ plúṣiṇā / plúṣyā¹ | प्लुषिभ्याम् plúṣibhyām | प्लुषिभिः plúṣibhiḥ |
| Dative | प्लुषये / प्लुष्ये² plúṣaye / plúṣye² | प्लुषिभ्याम् plúṣibhyām | प्लुषिभ्यः plúṣibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | प्लुषेः / प्लुष्यः² plúṣeḥ / plúṣyaḥ² | प्लुषिभ्याम् plúṣibhyām | प्लुषिभ्यः plúṣibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | प्लुषेः / प्लुष्यः² plúṣeḥ / plúṣyaḥ² | प्लुष्योः plúṣyoḥ | प्लुषीणाम् plúṣīṇām |
| Locative | प्लुषौ plúṣau | प्लुष्योः plúṣyoḥ | प्लुषिषु plúṣiṣu |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “प्लुषि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0715.