वृष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৃষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬺᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বৃষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰴𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀾𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝၖၑ် (Burmese script)
• વૃષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਰਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍃𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦽꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑃂𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವೃಷ್ (Kannada script)
• វ្ឫឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຣິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• വൃഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘵𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧖𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐺𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵୃଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢺꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆸𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖴𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වෘෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
• வ்ரிஷ் (Tamil script)
• వృష్ (Telugu script)
• วฺฤษฺ (Thai script)
• ཝྲྀ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒵𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“to rain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕρση (hérsē).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩ʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩ʂ/

Root

वृष् • (vṛṣ)

1. to rain, shower
2. to pour forth, effuse, shed

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वृष् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वृष् (12 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वर्षति (várṣati, Present)
• वृषते (vṛṣate, Vedic present)
• वर्षते (várṣate, Present)
• वर्षिष्यति (varṣiṣyati, Future)
• व्रष्टा (vraṣṭā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अवर्षीत् (ávarṣīt, Aorist)
• ववर्ष (vavarṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• वर्षयति (varṣáyati, Causative)
• अवीवृषत् (ávīvṛṣat, Causative Aorist)
• विवर्षिषति (vivarṣiṣati, Desiderative)
• वरीवृष्यते (varīvṛṣyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• वृष्ट (vṛṣṭá, Past Participle)
• वर्षितुम् (varṣitum, Infinitive)
• वर्ष्टोस् (varṣṭos, Infinitive)
• वृष्य (vṛṣya, Infinitive)
• वर्षित्वा (varṣitvā́, Gerund)
• वृष्ट्वा (vṛṣṭvā́, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वृष् (vṛṣ)
• वृष (vṛṣa)
• वर्ष (varṣá)
• वर्षिन् (varṣin)
• वर्ष्य (varṣya)
• वर्षण (varṣaṇa)
• वषुक (váṣuka)
• वृष्टि (vṛṣṭí)
• वर्ष्टृ (várṣṭṛ)
• वर्षितृ (varṣitṛ)
• विवर्षिषु (vivarṣiṣu)
• वृषन् (vṛṣan)
• वृष्णि (vṛṣṇi)
• वृषभ (vṛṣabha)
• वर्षा (varṣā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0926.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वृष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 165
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वृष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 291
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0080”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0080