यभ्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃yebʰ- (“to copulate” ← “to enter, penetrate”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /jɐbʱ/

Root

यभ् • (yabh)

to have sexual intercourse, to copulate

Derived terms

Terms derived from यभ् (yabh)

यभति (yabhati, 1 P)
यभते (yabhate, 1 Ā)
यियप्सति (yiyapsati, “to desire sexual intercourse”, desiderative)

यियप्सते (yiyapsate, desiderative)
यभन (yabhana)
यभ्या (yabhyā)

यियप्सु (yiyapsu)
यियप्स्यमाना (yiyapsyamānā)

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 0845

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