Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (to hide, conceal). See गूहति (gūhati) for cognates.

Pronunciation

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Root

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गुह् (guh)

  1. to cover, conceal, hide
  2. to keep secret

Derived terms

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Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms

Noun

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गुह् (gúh) stemf

  1. a hiding place, cave, den, lair
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.67.6:
      प्रि॒या प॒दानि॑ प॒श्वो नि पा॑हि वि॒श्वायु॑रग्ने गु॒हा गुहं॑ गाः ॥
      priyā́ padā́ni paśvó ní pāhi viśvā́yuragne guhā́ gúhaṃ gāḥ.
      O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.

Declension

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Feminine root-stem declension of गुह्
singular dual plural
nominative घुट् (ghúṭ) गुहौ (gúhau)
गुहा¹ (gúhā¹)
गुहः (gúhaḥ)
accusative गुहम् (gúham) गुहौ (gúhau)
गुहा¹ (gúhā¹)
गुहः (gúhaḥ)
instrumental गुहा (guhā́) घुड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m) घुड्भिः (ghuḍbhíḥ)
dative गुहे (guhé) घुड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m) घुड्भ्यः (ghuḍbhyáḥ)
ablative गुहः (guháḥ) घुड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m) घुड्भ्यः (ghuḍbhyáḥ)
genitive गुहः (guháḥ) गुहोः (guhóḥ) गुहाम् (guhā́m)
locative गुहि (guhí) गुहोः (guhóḥ) घुट्सु (ghuṭsú)
vocative घुट् (ghúṭ) गुहौ (gúhau)
गुहा¹ (gúhā¹)
गुहः (gúhaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “गुह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 360, column 2.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गुह्”, 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 38
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गुह्”, 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 (1992) “GOH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 502-3