नप्ती

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“niece, granddaughter, female descendant”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬍‎ (naptī, “granddaughter”), Old English nift (“niece, granddaughter”), Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), Irish neacht (“niece”). See also नप्ति (naptí).

नप्ती • (naptī́) f

granddaughter
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.14.5:
  न॒प्तीभि॒र् यो वि॒वस्व॑तः शु॒भ्रो न मा॑मृ॒जे युवा॑ ।
  naptī́bhir yó vivásvataḥ śubhró ná māmṛjé yúvā.
  He hath been adorned, like a fair youth, by the granddaughters of the priest.

Feminine ī-stem declension of नप्ती (naptī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नप्ती naptī́	नप्त्यौ / नप्ती¹ naptyaù / naptī́¹	नप्त्यः / नप्तीः¹ naptyàḥ / naptī́ḥ¹
Vocative	नप्ति nápti	नप्त्यौ / नप्ती¹ náptyau / naptī́¹	नप्त्यः / नप्तीः¹ náptyaḥ / náptīḥ¹
Accusative	नप्तीम् naptī́m	नप्त्यौ / नप्ती¹ naptyaù / naptī́¹	नप्तीः naptī́ḥ
Instrumental	नप्त्या naptyā̀	नप्तीभ्याम् naptī́bhyām	नप्तीभिः naptī́bhiḥ
Dative	नप्त्यै naptyaì	नप्तीभ्याम् naptī́bhyām	नप्तीभ्यः naptī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	नप्त्याः naptyā̀ḥ	नप्तीभ्याम् naptī́bhyām	नप्तीभ्यः naptī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	नप्त्याः naptyā̀ḥ	नप्त्योः naptyòḥ	नप्तीनाम् naptī́nām
Locative	नप्त्याम् naptyā̀m	नप्त्योः naptyòḥ	नप्तीषु naptī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

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