शुच्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• शोच् (śoc)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শুচ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬸᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শুচ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐုစ် (Burmese script)
• શુચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੁਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦸꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂳𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶುಚ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝុច៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨຸຈ຺ (Lao script)
• ശുച് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᢜ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘳𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᢋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧔𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐸𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶୁଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢸꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශුච් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚰𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶுச் (Tamil script)
• శుచ్ (Telugu script)
• ศุจฺ (Thai script)
• ཤུ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćawk- (“shines, glares, gleams”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”). Cognate with Persian سوگ (sug, “grief, sorrow”) (further related to سوختن (suxtan, “to burn”), سرخ (sorx, “red”), and سوگند (sowgand, “oath”)), Gilaki سوتن (sutən), Talysh سوته (sute), Baluchi سوچگ (sóčag), Mazanderani بسوتن (basuten), Central Kurdish سوتان (sutan), Old Armenian սուգ (sug, “grief”), and Proto-Baltic *šuktas (“lit, ignited”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕút͡ɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕut͡ɕ/

Noun

शुच् • (śúc) stem, f

1. flame, glow, heat
2. brightness, luster
3. also plural pain, sorrow, grief or regret for (comp.)
4. plural tears

Adjective

शुच् • (śúc) stem

1. shining, illumining

Root

शुच् • (śuc)

1. to shine, glow
2. to suffer, grieve

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शुच्‎ (0 c, 9 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• शोचति (śocati, “to suffer, grieve”), शुच्यति (śucyati, “to be bright or pure”)
• अशुचत् (aśucat, Aorist)

Secondary Forms

• शोचयति (śocayati, “to set to fire; to cause grief”)
• शुशुचिषति (śuśuciṣati), शुशोचिषति (śuśociṣati)
• शोशुच्यते (śośucyate), शोशोक्ति (śośokti, “to shine brightly”)

Derived Nominal Forms

• शोक (śoká, “flame, glow, heat; suffering, anguish”)
• शोचि (śocí, “flame, glow”)
• शोचिस् (śocis, “flame, glow, radiance, light, splendor”)
• शुचि (śúci)
• शुच (śucá)
• शुक्र (śukra, “bright, clear”)

• शोचते (śocate, 1 Ā)
• शुच्यते (śucyate, 4 Ā)

 

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1720, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1720
• Monier Williams (1899) “शुच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1081.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शुच्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 174
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “शुच्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śukti- -ŚUC”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 645; 655-656
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 377-378
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328
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