कु
Sanskrit
Etymology 1
Perhaps, as theorized by Monier, originally an interjectional interrogative word like "how strange!" which described an oddity or deficiency in something, and thus from Proto-Indo-European *ku, formed from the base root *kʷ-.
Particle
कु • (ku)
- a pronominal base appearing in kútas, kútra, kuvíd, kúha, kvá, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt
- perhaps it originally signified "how (strange!)"
- as a separate word, it occurs only in the lengthened form कू (kū́)
Declension
| Feminine u-stem declension of कु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | कुः (kuḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | कुवाः/ कोः (kuvāḥ/ koḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कुः (kuḥ) | कू (kū) | कवः (kavaḥ) |
| Vocative | को (ko) | कू (kū) | कवः (kavaḥ) |
| Accusative | कुम् (kum) | कू (kū) | कूः (kūḥ) |
| Instrumental | क्वा (kvā) | कुभ्याम् (kubhyām) | कुभिः (kubhiḥ) |
| Dative | क्वै / कवे (kvai / kave) | कुभ्याम् (kubhyām) | कुभ्यः (kubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | कुवाः/ कोः (kuvāḥ/ koḥ) | कुभ्याम् (kubhyām) | कुभ्यः (kubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | कुवाः/ कोः (kuvāḥ/ koḥ) | क्वोः (kvoḥ) | कूनाम् (kūnām) |
| Locative | क्वाम् / कौ (kvām / kau) | क्वोः (kvoḥ) | कुषु (kuṣu) |
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