कूप
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- (“water vessel; hollow”). Cognate with Latin cupa, Ancient Greek κύπη (kúpē, “gap, hollow”), κύπελλον (kúpellon), Old English hyf (English hive).
Pronunciation
Noun
कूप • (kū́pa) m
- a well; a hole dug in the ground as a source of water
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.105.17
- त्रितः कूपेऽवहितो देवान्हवत ऊतये।
तच्छुश्राव बृहस्पतिः कृण्वन्नंहूरणादुरु वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी॥- tritaḥ kūpe’vahito devānhavata ūtaye.
tacchuśrāva bṛhaspatiḥ kṛṇvannaṃhūraṇāduru vittaṃ me asya rodasī.- Tṛta, when buried in the well, calls on the Gods to succour him.
That call of his Bṛhaspati heard and released him from distress. Mark this my woe, ye Earth and Heaven.
- Tṛta, when buried in the well, calls on the Gods to succour him.
- tritaḥ kūpe’vahito devānhavata ūtaye.
- त्रितः कूपेऽवहितो देवान्हवत ऊतये।
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- hole, cavity
- leather oil vessel
- cave
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कूप | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | कूपः (kūpaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | कूपस्य (kūpasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कूपः (kūpaḥ) | कूपौ (kūpau) | कूपाः (kūpāḥ) |
| Vocative | कूप (kūpa) | कूपौ (kūpau) | कूपाः (kūpāḥ) |
| Accusative | कूपम् (kūpam) | कूपौ (kūpau) | कूपान् (kūpān) |
| Instrumental | कूपेन (kūpena) | कूपाभ्याम् (kūpābhyām) | कूपैः (kūpaiḥ) |
| Dative | कूपाय (kūpāya) | कूपाभ्याम् (kūpābhyām) | कूपेभ्यः (kūpebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | कूपात् (kūpāt) | कूपाभ्याम् (kūpābhyām) | कूपेभ्यः (kūpebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | कूपस्य (kūpasya) | कूपयोः (kūpayoḥ) | कूपानाम् (kūpānām) |
| Locative | कूपे (kūpe) | कूपयोः (kūpayoḥ) | कूपेषु (kūpeṣu) |
Descendants
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 300/1
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