शिशयिषा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬰᬶᬰᬬᬶᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- শিশযিষা (Assamese script)
- শিশযিষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰧𑰰𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀬𑀺𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑌯𑌿𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- શિશયિષા (Gujarati script)
- ꦯꦶꦯꦪꦶꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- ಶಿಶಯಿಷಾ (Kannada script)
- ၐိၐယိၑာ (Burmese script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐫𑐶𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶିଶଯିଷା (Oriya script)
- ꢯꢶꢯꢫꢶꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆪𑆴𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖧𑖰𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- శిశయిషా (Telugu script)
- ཤིཤཡིཥཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒨𑒱𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Back-formation from शिशयिषते (śiśayiṣate, “wishes to sleep”, desiderative) + -आ (-ā), from the root शी (śī, “to sleep”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕi.ɕɐ.ji.ʂɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕi.ɕɐ.ji.ʂɑː/
Noun
शिशयिषा • (śiśayiṣā) f
- desire to lie down or sleep
- Synonym: सुषुप्सा (suṣupsā)
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of शिशयिषा (śiśayiṣā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शिशयिषा śiśayiṣā | शिशयिषे śiśayiṣe | शिशयिषाः śiśayiṣāḥ |
| Vocative | शिशयिषे śiśayiṣe | शिशयिषे śiśayiṣe | शिशयिषाः śiśayiṣāḥ |
| Accusative | शिशयिषाम् śiśayiṣām | शिशयिषे śiśayiṣe | शिशयिषाः śiśayiṣāḥ |
| Instrumental | शिशयिषया / शिशयिषा¹ śiśayiṣayā / śiśayiṣā¹ | शिशयिषाभ्याम् śiśayiṣābhyām | शिशयिषाभिः śiśayiṣābhiḥ |
| Dative | शिशयिषायै śiśayiṣāyai | शिशयिषाभ्याम् śiśayiṣābhyām | शिशयिषाभ्यः śiśayiṣābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शिशयिषायाः śiśayiṣāyāḥ | शिशयिषाभ्याम् śiśayiṣābhyām | शिशयिषाभ्यः śiśayiṣābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शिशयिषायाः śiśayiṣāyāḥ | शिशयिषयोः śiśayiṣayoḥ | शिशयिषाणाम् śiśayiṣāṇām |
| Locative | शिशयिषायाम् śiśayiṣāyām | शिशयिषयोः śiśayiṣayoḥ | शिशयिषासु śiśayiṣāsu |
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Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) , “शिशयिषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1076, column 1.