gūtha

See also: gutha and guþa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
  • गूथ (Devanagari script)
  • গূথ (Bengali script)
  • ගූථ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဂူထ or ၷူထ (Burmese script)
  • คูถ or คูถะ (Thai script)
  • ᨣᩪᨳ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຄູຖ or ຄູຖະ (Lao script)
  • គូថ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄉𑄫𑄗 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha), from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʷ)uH-.

Noun

gūtha n or m

  1. faeces, dung

Declension

Declension table of "gūtha" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)gūthaṃgūthāni
Accusative (second)gūthaṃgūthāni
Instrumental (third)gūthenagūthehi or gūthebhi
Dative (fourth)gūthassa or gūthāya or gūthatthaṃgūthānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)gūthasmā or gūthamhā or gūthāgūthehi or gūthebhi
Genitive (sixth)gūthassagūthānaṃ
Locative (seventh)gūthasmiṃ or gūthamhi or gūthegūthesu
Vocative (calling)gūthagūthāni

When masculine, the following three cases have some differences:

Declension table of "gūtha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)gūthogūthā
Accusative (second)gūthaṃgūthe
Vocative (calling)gūthagūthā

Descendants

  • → Khmer: គូថ (kuut) (learned)
  • → Thai: คูถ (kûut) (learned)

See also

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gūtha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  • Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 151.
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