वाच्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wā́kṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Latin vōx, Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz).
Noun
वाच् • (vā́c) f
- speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)
- वाचम् (vācam)-√ṛ, √īr or √iṣ — to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call
- a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration
- वाचं (vācaṃ)-√vad — to speak words
- वाचं व्या (vācaṃ vyā)-√hṛ — to utter words
- वाचं (vācaṃ)-√dā +dative — to address words to
- वाचा सत्यं (vācā satyaṃ)-√kṛ — to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth
- Speech personified as the goddess of speech Vāc
Declension
| Irregular feminine declension of वाच् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | वाक् (vāk) | ||
| Gen. sg. | वाचः (vācaḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वाक् (vāk) | वाचौ (vācau) | वाचः (vācaḥ) |
| Vocative | वाक् (vāk) | वाचौ (vācau) | वाचः (vācaḥ) |
| Accusative | वाचम् (vācam) | वाचौ (vācau) | वाचः (vācaḥ) |
| Instrumental | वाचा (vācā) | वाग्भ्याम् (vāgbhyām) | वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) |
| Dative | वाचे (vāce) | वाग्भ्याम् (vāgbhyām) | वाग्भ्यः (vāgbhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | वाचः (vācaḥ) | वाग्भ्याम् (vāgbhyām) | वाग्भ्यः (vāgbhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | वाचः (vācaḥ) | वाचोः (vācoḥ) | वाचाम् (vācām) |
| Locative | वाचि (vāci) | वाचोः (vācoḥ) | वाक्षु (vākṣu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वाच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0936.
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