मू

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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
muvā
मूभ्याम्
mūbhyām
मूभिः
mūbhiḥ
Dative मुवे / मुवै¹
muve / muvai¹
मूभ्याम्
mūbhyām
मूभ्यः
mūbhyaḥ
Ablative मुवः / मुवाः¹ / मुवै²
muvaḥ / muvāḥ¹ / muvai²
मूभ्याम्
mūbhyām
मूभ्यः
mūbhyaḥ
Genitive मुवः / मुवाः¹ / मुवै²
muvaḥ / muvāḥ¹ / muvai²
मुवोः
muvoḥ
मुवाम् / मूनाम्¹
muvām / mūnām¹
Locative मुवि / मुवाम्¹
muvi / muvām¹
मुवोः
muvoḥ
मूषु
mūṣu
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 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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