अक्षि
See also: अक्ष
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hákṣi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), from *h₃ekʷ-. Cognate with Latin oculus, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse), Old Armenian ակն (akn) and աչք (ačʿkʿ), Old English ēaġe (whence English eye).
Noun
अक्षि • (ákṣi) n
- eye
- RV 10.79.2a
- गुहा शिरो निहितं रधगक्षी असिन्वन्नत्ति जिह्वयावनानि |
अत्राण्यस्मै पड्भिः सं भरन्त्युत्तानहस्तानमसाधि विक्षु ||- guhā śiro nihitaṃ radhagakṣī asinvannatti jihvayāvanāni |
atrāṇyasmai paḍbhiḥ saṃ bharantyuttānahastānamasādhi vikṣu || - His eyes are turned away, his head is hidden: unsated with his tongue he eats the fuel.
With hands upraised, with reverence in the houses, for him they quickly bring his food together.
- guhā śiro nihitaṃ radhagakṣī asinvannatti jihvayāvanāni |
- RV 10.79.2a
- the number two
- (in dual form) the sun and moon
Declension
| Irregular declension | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | अक्षि (akṣi) | ||
| Gen. sg. | अक्ष्णाः (akṣṇāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अक्षि (akṣi) | अक्षी, अक्षिणी, अक्ष्यौ (akṣī, akṣiṇī, akṣyau) | अक्षीणी, अक्षाणि (akṣīṇī, akṣāṇi) |
| Vocative | अक्षे (akṣe) | अक्षिणी (akṣiṇī) | अक्षीणि (akṣīṇi) |
| Accusative | अक्षि (akṣi) | अक्षी, अक्षिणी, अक्ष्यौ (akṣī, akṣiṇī, akṣyau) | अक्षीणी, अक्षाणि (akṣīṇī, akṣāṇi) |
| Instrumental | अक्ष्णा (akṣṇā) | अक्षिभ्याम् (akṣibhyām) | अक्षिभिः (akṣibhiḥ) |
| Dative | अक्ष्णे (akṣṇe) | अक्षिभ्याम् (akṣibhyām) | अक्षिभ्यः (akṣibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | अक्ष्णाः (akṣṇāḥ) | अक्षिभ्याम् (akṣibhyām) | अक्षिभ्यः (akṣibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | अक्ष्णाः (akṣṇāḥ) | अक्ष्णोः, अक्ष्योः, अक्षोः (akṣṇoḥ, akṣyoḥ, akṣoḥ) | अक्ष्णाम् (akṣṇām) |
| Locative | अक्षन्, अक्ष्णि (akṣan, akṣṇi) | अक्ष्णोः (akṣṇoḥ) | अक्षिषु (akṣiṣu) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0003.
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