मषी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मसि (masi), मसी (masī), मषि (maṣi)

Etymology

Oldest attestation in the Vedic Sanskrit compound मष्मषाकृ (maṣmaṣā́kṛ-, “to crush”, literally “to do 'mash-mash'”). It is an onomatopoeic word with parallels in many languages, eg English smash, German Matsch (“muck”), Finnish mäiskis (“splash”), Arabic مص‎ (maṣṣa, “sip”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ʂiː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ʂiː/

Noun

मषी • (maṣī) f

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Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मषी (maṣī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मषी maṣī	मष्यौ / मषी¹ maṣyau / maṣī¹	मष्यः / मषीः¹ maṣyaḥ / maṣīḥ¹
Vocative	मषि maṣi	मष्यौ / मषी¹ maṣyau / maṣī¹	मष्यः / मषीः¹ maṣyaḥ / maṣīḥ¹
Accusative	मषीम् maṣīm	मष्यौ / मषी¹ maṣyau / maṣī¹	मषीः maṣīḥ
Instrumental	मष्या maṣyā	मषीभ्याम् maṣībhyām	मषीभिः maṣībhiḥ
Dative	मष्यै maṣyai	मषीभ्याम् maṣībhyām	मषीभ्यः maṣībhyaḥ
Ablative	मष्याः maṣyāḥ	मषीभ्याम् maṣībhyām	मषीभ्यः maṣībhyaḥ
Genitive	मष्याः maṣyāḥ	मष्योः maṣyoḥ	मषीणाम् maṣīṇām
Locative	मष्याम् maṣyām	मष्योः maṣyoḥ	मषीषु maṣīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

मषीपात्र (maṣīpātra)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “maṣmaṣā́-kar-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 335

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[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “maṣmaṣā́-kar-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 335