सखि
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷH- (“friend, companion”), from *sekʷ- (“follow”). Cognate with Latin socius (“partner, companion”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬌 (haxi, “friend”), Old English secg.
Noun
सखि • (sákhi) m
- a friend, companion
- Synonym: मित्र (mitra)
- assistant
- the husband of the wife's sister, brother-in-law
Usage notes
This noun has for the five strong cases a peculiarly strengthened base (vrddhied), namely sákhāy, which in the nominative singular is reduced to sákhā (without ending), and in the other cases takes the normal endings. The instrumental and dative singular have the normal endings simply, without inserted n or guṇa; the ablative-genitive singular adds -us; and the locative singular adds -au: the rest exhibits normal endings of the paradigm.
Declension
Irregular masculine i-stem declension | |||
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Nom. sg. | सखा (sakhā) | ||
Gen. sg. | सख्युः (sakhyuḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सखा (sakhā) | सखायौ (sakhāyau) | सखयः (sakhayaḥ) |
Vocative | सखे (sakhe) | सखायौ (sakhāyau) | सखयः (sakhayaḥ) |
Accusative | सखायम् (sakhāyam) | सखायौ (sakhāyau) | सखीन् (sakhīn) |
Instrumental | सख्या (sakhyā) | सखिभ्याम् (sakhibhyām) | सखिभिः (sakhibhiḥ) |
Dative | सख्ये (sakhye) | सखिभ्याम् (sakhibhyām) | सखिभ्यः (sakhibhyaḥ) |
Ablative | सख्युः (sakhyuḥ) | सखिभ्याम् (sakhibhyām) | सखिभ्यः (sakhibhyaḥ) |
Genitive | सख्युः (sakhyuḥ) | सख्योः (sakhyoḥ) | सखीनाम् (sakhīnām) |
Locative | सख्यौ (sakhyau) | सख्योः (sakhyoḥ) | सखिषु (sakhiṣu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “सखि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1130.
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