शर्ध
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“herd, row”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (sarəδa), Russian череда́ (čeredá, “train, sequence”), Ancient Greek κόρθυς (kórthus, “heap”), Old English heord (whence English herd).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ́ɽ.d̪ʱɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕɐɽ.d̪ʱɐ/
Noun
शर्ध • (śárdha) m
- troop
- horde (of Maruts)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of शर्ध (śárdha) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शर्धः śárdhaḥ | शर्धौ śárdhau | शर्धाः / शर्धासः¹ śárdhāḥ / śárdhāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | शर्ध śárdha | शर्धौ śárdhau | शर्धाः / शर्धासः¹ śárdhāḥ / śárdhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | शर्धम् śárdham | शर्धौ śárdhau | शर्धान् śárdhān |
| Instrumental | शर्धेन śárdhena | शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām | शर्धैः / शर्धेभिः¹ śárdhaiḥ / śárdhebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | शर्धाय śárdhāya | शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām | शर्धेभ्यः śárdhebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शर्धात् śárdhāt | शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām | शर्धेभ्यः śárdhebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शर्धस्य śárdhasya | शर्धयोः śárdhayoḥ | शर्धानाम् śárdhānām |
| Locative | शर्धे śárdhe | शर्धयोः śárdhayoḥ | शर्धेषु śárdheṣu |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शर्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1058/2.