प्लुषि

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *plúṣiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *plúšiš, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”). Cognate with Latin pūlex, Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla), Old English flēa (whence English flea).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /plú.ʂi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpl̪u.ʂi/

Noun

प्लुषि • (plúṣi) stem, m

1. a species of noxious insect

   a prajā́pataye púruṣān hastínā ā́labʰate vācé plúṣīn

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of प्लुषि (plúṣi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्लुषिः plúṣiḥ	प्लुषी plúṣī	प्लुषयः plúṣayaḥ
Vocative	प्लुषे plúṣe	प्लुषी plúṣī	प्लुषयः plúṣayaḥ
Accusative	प्लुषिम् plúṣim	प्लुषी plúṣī	प्लुषीन् plúṣīn
Instrumental	प्लुषिणा / प्लुष्या¹ plúṣiṇā / plúṣyā¹	प्लुषिभ्याम् plúṣibhyām	प्लुषिभिः plúṣibhiḥ
Dative	प्लुषये plúṣaye	प्लुषिभ्याम् plúṣibhyām	प्लुषिभ्यः plúṣibhyaḥ
Ablative	प्लुषेः / प्लुष्यः¹ plúṣeḥ / plúṣyaḥ¹	प्लुषिभ्याम् plúṣibhyām	प्लुषिभ्यः plúṣibhyaḥ
Genitive	प्लुषेः / प्लुष्यः¹ plúṣeḥ / plúṣyaḥ¹	प्लुष्योः plúṣyoḥ	प्लुषीणाम् plúṣīṇām
Locative	प्लुषौ / प्लुषा¹ plúṣau / plúṣā¹	प्लुष्योः plúṣyoḥ	प्लुषिषु plúṣiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: پُولُوۨشُو (pulúṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्लुषि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0715.