वध
Sanskrit
Etymology
Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬜𐬀 (vaδa), 𐬬𐬀𐬛𐬀 (vada, “weapon”).
Noun
वध • (vadhá) m
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वध (vadhá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वधः vadháḥ |
वधौ vadhaú |
वधाः / वधासः¹ vadhā́ḥ / vadhā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वध vádha |
वधौ vádhau |
वधाः / वधासः¹ vádhāḥ / vádhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वधम् vadhám |
वधौ vadhaú |
वधान् vadhā́n |
| Instrumental | वधेन vadhéna |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधैः / वधेभिः¹ vadhaíḥ / vadhébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वधाय vadhā́ya |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वधात् vadhā́t |
वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām |
वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वधस्य vadhásya |
वधयोः vadháyoḥ |
वधानाम् vadhā́nām |
| Locative | वधे vadhé |
वधयोः vadháyoḥ |
वधेषु vadhéṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- वध्या (vadhyā, “slaughter, massacre”)
- वधकर्माधिकारिन् (vadhakarmādhikārin, “an executioner or he who superintends killings”)
- वधकाङ्क्षिन् (vadhakāṅkṣin, “wishing for death”)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0916.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhá (656)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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