सस

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

सस m

  1. Devanagari script form of sasa (“hare”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sasás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sasás (“corn, herb, fruit, plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)h₁es- (“harvest, crop, fruit”), from the root *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hahiia), Proto-Celtic *sasyos (“barley”), Latin sēmen (“seed”), English seed, sow. Related to सस्य (sasyá).

Pronunciation

Noun

सस • (sasá) stem, m

  1. corn, herb, grass

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सस (sasá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ससः
sasáḥ
ससौ / ससा¹
sasaú / sasā́¹
ससाः / ससासः¹
sasā́ḥ / sasā́saḥ¹
Vocative सस
sása
ससौ / ससा¹
sásau / sásā¹
ससाः / ससासः¹
sásāḥ / sásāsaḥ¹
Accusative ससम्
sasám
ससौ / ससा¹
sasaú / sasā́¹
ससान्
sasā́n
Instrumental ससेन
saséna
ससाभ्याम्
sasā́bhyām
ससैः / ससेभिः¹
sasaíḥ / sasébhiḥ¹
Dative ससाय
sasā́ya
ससाभ्याम्
sasā́bhyām
ससेभ्यः
sasébhyaḥ
Ablative ससात्
sasā́t
ससाभ्याम्
sasā́bhyām
ससेभ्यः
sasébhyaḥ
Genitive ससस्य
sasásya
ससयोः
sasáyoḥ
ससानाम्
sasā́nām
Locative ससे
sasé
ससयोः
sasáyoḥ
ससेषु
saséṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: সাহ (xah, “crops”)
    • Odia: ସସ (sôsô, “kernel”)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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