ऋहत्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঋহত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬋᬳᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ঋহত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰆𑰮𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀋𑀳𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၒဟတ် (Burmese script)
- ઋહત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਹਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌋𑌹𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦉꦲꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂱𑂯𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಋಹತ್ (Kannada script)
- ឫហត៑ (Khmer script)
- ຣິຫຕ຺ (Lao script)
- ഋഹത് (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᡳᡥᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘆𑘮𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠢᠾᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦦𑧎𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐆𑐴𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଋହତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢈꢲꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆉𑆲𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖆𑖮𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඍහත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩙𑪂𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- ரிஹத் (Tamil script)
- ఋహత్ (Telugu script)
- ฤหตฺ (Thai script)
- རྀ་ཧ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒇𑒯𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨉𑨱𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably from the root रह् (rah, “to part, separate; to leave, quit, abandon”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /r̩.ɦɐ́t/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /r̩.ɦɐt̪/
Adjective
ऋहत् • (ṛhát) stem
- (Ṛgvedic hapax legomenon) small, weak, powerless
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.28.9:
- श॒शः क्षु॒रं प्र॒त्यञ्चं॑ जगा॒राद्रिं॑ लो॒गेन॒ व्य॑भेदमा॒रात्।
बृ॒हन्तं॑ चिद् ऋह॒ते र॑न्धयानि॒ वय॑द्व॒त्सो वृ॑ष॒भं शूशु॑वानः॥- śaśaḥ kṣuram pratyañcaṃ jagārādriṃ logena vy abhedam ārāt.
bṛhantaṃ cid ṛhate randhayāni vayad vatso vṛṣabhaṃ śūśuvānaḥ. - (Vasukra speaks) The hare hath swallowed up the opposing razor: I sundered with a clod the distant mountain.
The great will I make subject to the little: the calf shall wax in strength and cat the bullock.
- śaśaḥ kṣuram pratyañcaṃ jagārādriṃ logena vy abhedam ārāt.
- श॒शः क्षु॒रं प्र॒त्यञ्चं॑ जगा॒राद्रिं॑ लो॒गेन॒ व्य॑भेदमा॒रात्।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऋहन् (ṛhán) | ऋहन्तौ (ṛhántau) ऋहन्ता¹ (ṛhántā¹) |
ऋहन्तः (ṛhántaḥ) |
| accusative | ऋहन्तम् (ṛhántam) | ऋहन्तौ (ṛhántau) ऋहन्ता¹ (ṛhántā¹) |
ऋहतः (ṛhatáḥ) |
| instrumental | ऋहता (ṛhatā́) | ऋहद्भ्याम् (ṛhádbhyām) | ऋहद्भिः (ṛhádbhiḥ) |
| dative | ऋहते (ṛhaté) | ऋहद्भ्याम् (ṛhádbhyām) | ऋहद्भ्यः (ṛhádbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ऋहतः (ṛhatáḥ) | ऋहद्भ्याम् (ṛhádbhyām) | ऋहद्भ्यः (ṛhádbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ऋहतः (ṛhatáḥ) | ऋहतोः (ṛhatóḥ) | ऋहताम् (ṛhatā́m) |
| locative | ऋहति (ṛhatí) | ऋहतोः (ṛhatóḥ) | ऋहत्सु (ṛhátsu) |
| vocative | ऋहन् (ṛ́han) | ऋहन्तौ (ṛ́hantau) ऋहन्ता¹ (ṛ́hantā¹) |
ऋहन्तः (ṛ́hantaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऋहती (ṛhatī́) | ऋहत्यौ (ṛhatyaù) ऋहती¹ (ṛhatī́¹) |
ऋहत्यः (ṛhatyàḥ) ऋहतीः¹ (ṛhatī́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | ऋहतीम् (ṛhatī́m) | ऋहत्यौ (ṛhatyaù) ऋहती¹ (ṛhatī́¹) |
ऋहतीः (ṛhatī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | ऋहत्या (ṛhatyā́) | ऋहतीभ्याम् (ṛhatī́bhyām) | ऋहतीभिः (ṛhatī́bhiḥ) |
| dative | ऋहत्यै (ṛhatyaí) | ऋहतीभ्याम् (ṛhatī́bhyām) | ऋहतीभ्यः (ṛhatī́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ऋहत्याः (ṛhatyā́ḥ) ऋहत्यै² (ṛhatyaí²) |
ऋहतीभ्याम् (ṛhatī́bhyām) | ऋहतीभ्यः (ṛhatī́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ऋहत्याः (ṛhatyā́ḥ) ऋहत्यै² (ṛhatyaí²) |
ऋहत्योः (ṛhatyóḥ) | ऋहतीनाम् (ṛhatī́nām) |
| locative | ऋहत्याम् (ṛhatyā́m) | ऋहत्योः (ṛhatyóḥ) | ऋहतीषु (ṛhatī́ṣu) |
| vocative | ऋहति (ṛ́hati) | ऋहत्यौ (ṛ́hatyau) ऋहती¹ (ṛ́hatī¹) |
ऋहत्यः (ṛ́hatyaḥ) ऋहतीः¹ (ṛ́hatīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऋहत् (ṛhát) | ऋहन्ती (ṛhántī) | ऋहन्ति (ṛhánti) |
| accusative | ऋहत् (ṛhát) | ऋहन्ती (ṛhántī) | ऋहन्ति (ṛhánti) |
| instrumental | ऋहता (ṛhatā́) | ऋहद्भ्याम् (ṛhádbhyām) | ऋहद्भिः (ṛhádbhiḥ) |
| dative | ऋहते (ṛhaté) | ऋहद्भ्याम् (ṛhádbhyām) | ऋहद्भ्यः (ṛhádbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ऋहतः (ṛhatáḥ) | ऋहद्भ्याम् (ṛhádbhyām) | ऋहद्भ्यः (ṛhádbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ऋहतः (ṛhatáḥ) | ऋहतोः (ṛhatóḥ) | ऋहताम् (ṛhatā́m) |
| locative | ऋहति (ṛhatí) | ऋहतोः (ṛhatóḥ) | ऋहत्सु (ṛhátsu) |
| vocative | ऋहत् (ṛ́hat) | ऋहन्ती (ṛ́hantī) | ऋहन्ति (ṛ́hanti) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ऋहत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 227, column 2.