सस
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sasás (“corn, herb, fruit, plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)h₁es- (“harvest, crop, fruit”), from the root *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hahiia), Proto-Celtic *sasyos (“barley”), Latin sēmen (“seed”), English seed, sow. Related to सस्य (sasyá).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ.s̪ɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.s̪ɐ/
Noun
सस • (sasá) m
- corn, herb, grass
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of सस (sasá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ससः sasáḥ | ससौ sasaú | ससाः / ससासः¹ sasā́ḥ / sasā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | सस sása | ससौ sásau | ससाः / ससासः¹ sásāḥ / sásāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | ससम् sasám | ससौ sasaú | ससान् sasā́n |
| Instrumental | ससेन saséna | ससाभ्याम् sasā́bhyām | ससैः / ससेभिः¹ sasaíḥ / sasébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | ससाय sasā́ya | ससाभ्याम् sasā́bhyām | ससेभ्यः sasébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | ससात् sasā́t | ससाभ्याम् sasā́bhyām | ससेभ्यः sasébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | ससस्य sasásya | ससयोः sasáyoḥ | ससानाम् sasā́nām |
| Locative | ससे sasé | ससयोः sasáyoḥ | ससेषु saséṣu |
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