वि
See also: वृ, वो, वे, व, वा, वि-, -वां, and -व
Sanskrit
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wí, from Proto-Indo-European *wi. Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (nawi, “not yet”), Old English wiþ (English with).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋí/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ʋi/
Adverb
वि • (ví)
- apart
- asunder
- in different directions
- to and fro, about
- away, away from
- off
- without
Preposition
वि • (ví)
- through
- between
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”). Cognate with Latin avis (“bird”), Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬱 (vīš).
Noun
वि • (ví) m
- a bird
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
Inflection
| Masculine i-stem declension of वि (ví) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विः / वेः víḥ / véḥ | वी vī́ | वयः váyaḥ |
| Vocative | वे vé | वी vī́ | वयः váyaḥ |
| Accusative | विम् vím | वी vī́ | वीन् vī́n |
| Instrumental | विना / व्या¹ vínā / vyā̀¹ | विभ्याम् víbhyām | विभिः víbhiḥ |
| Dative | वये / व्ये² váye / vyè² | विभ्याम् víbhyām | विभ्यः víbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वेः / व्यः² véḥ / vyàḥ² | विभ्याम् víbhyām | विभ्यः víbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वेः / व्यः² véḥ / vyàḥ² | व्योः vyóḥ | वीनाम् vīnā́m |
| Locative | वौ vaú | व्योः vyóḥ | विषु víṣu |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 949/3.