मू

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • मव् (mav)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably related to मूत (mūta, bound; a woven basket),[1][2] as well as Proto-Iranian *mauda- (hair) (whence Persian مو (mu, hair)).[3] Possibly related to मीव् (mīv, to move) as a form of "setting in motion by pushing and pressing (binding actions)".[1]

Pronunciation

Root

मू • ()

  1. to bind, tie, fix

Derived terms

  • अमीमवत् (amīmavat)
  • मवते (mavate)
  • मामवीति (māmavīti)
  • मामोति (māmoti)
  • मिमावयिषति (mimāvayiṣati)

Adjective

मू • () stem

  1. binding, tying, fixing

Declension

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Noun

मू • () stem, f

  1. the act of binding or tying

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of मू ()
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मूः
mūḥ
मुवौ
muvau
मुवः
muvaḥ
Vocative मूः
mūḥ
मुवौ
muvau
मुवः
muvaḥ
Accusative मुवम्
muvam
मुवौ
muvau
मुवः
muvaḥ
Instrumental मुवा
muvā́
मूभ्याम्
mūbhyā́m
मूभिः
mūbhíḥ
Dative मुवे / मुवै¹
muvé / muvaí¹
मूभ्याम्
mūbhyā́m
मूभ्यः
mūbhyáḥ
Ablative मुवः / मुवाः¹
muváḥ / muvā́ḥ¹
मूभ्याम्
mūbhyā́m
मूभ्यः
mūbhyáḥ
Genitive मुवः / मुवाः¹
muváḥ / muvā́ḥ¹
मुवोः
muvóḥ
मुवाम् / मूनाम्¹
muvā́m / mūnā́m¹
Locative मुवि / मुवाम्¹
muví / muvā́m¹
मुवोः
muvóḥ
मूषु
mūṣú
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit

References

  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 365; 365-66
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 602-3
  3. Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 283
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