Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of sucking sounds; compare चूष् (cūṣ, to suck) and चुम्ब् (cumb, to kiss), as well as Proto-Celtic *kīkos (breast) and German Zitze (teat) for similar formations across Indo-European.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

चुचि (cuci) stemm

  1. the female breast

Declension edit

Masculine i-stem declension of चुचि (cuci)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चुचिः
cuciḥ
चुची
cucī
चुचयः
cucayaḥ
Vocative चुचे
cuce
चुची
cucī
चुचयः
cucayaḥ
Accusative चुचिम्
cucim
चुची
cucī
चुचीन्
cucīn
Instrumental चुचिना / चुच्या¹
cucinā / cucyā¹
चुचिभ्याम्
cucibhyām
चुचिभिः
cucibhiḥ
Dative चुचये
cucaye
चुचिभ्याम्
cucibhyām
चुचिभ्यः
cucibhyaḥ
Ablative चुचेः / चुच्यः¹
cuceḥ / cucyaḥ¹
चुचिभ्याम्
cucibhyām
चुचिभ्यः
cucibhyaḥ
Genitive चुचेः / चुच्यः¹
cuceḥ / cucyaḥ¹
चुच्योः
cucyoḥ
चुचीनाम्
cucīnām
Locative चुचौ / चुचा¹
cucau / cucā¹
चुच्योः
cucyoḥ
चुचिषु
cuciṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “चुचि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 192-3