पुष्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(h₃)pews- (“to blow”). Cognate with Lithuanian pũsti (“to blow”), pūslė̃ (“blister, bladder”), Norwegian føysa (“to swell”), Proto-Slavic *puxàti (“to blow”) and Latin pustula (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puʂ/

Root

पुष् • (puṣ)

1. to be nourished, to thrive, flourish, prosper

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पुष्‎ (0 c, 2 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• पुष्यति (púṣyati, Present)
• पुष्नाति (puṣnāti, Present)
• पोषति (poṣati, Present)
• पोषिष्यति (poṣiṣyati, Future)
• पोक्ष्यति (pokṣyati, Future)
• पोषिता (poṣitā, Periphrastic Future)
• पोष्टा (poṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
• अपुषत् (apuṣat, Aorist)
• अपोषीत् (apoṣīt, Aorist)
• पुष्यात् (puṣyāt, Benedictive)
• पुपोष (pupóṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• पुष्यते (puṣyate, Passive)
• अपोषि (apoṣi, Passive Aorist)
• पोषयति (poṣáyati, Causative)
• अपूपुषत् (apūpuṣat, Causative Aorist)
• पुपोषिषति (pupoṣiṣati, Desiderative)
• पुपुषिषति (pupuṣiṣati, Desiderative)
• पुपुक्षति (pupukṣati, Desiderative)
• पोपुष्यते (popuṣyate, Intensive)
• पोपोष्टि (popoṣṭi, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• पोष्टुम् (poṣṭum, Infinitive)
• पोष्टोस् (poṣṭos, Infinitive)
• पुष्यसे (puṣyáse, Infinitive)
• पोष्य (póṣya, Gerundive)
• पोषितव्य (poṣitavya, Gerundive)
• पोषणीय (poṣaṇīya, Gerundive)
• पुष्ट (puṣṭá, Past Participle)
• पोषित (poṣita, Causative Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• पुष् (puṣ)
• पुष्कर (puṣkara)
• पुष्करिन् (puṣkarin)
• पुष्कल (puṣkalá, “much, many, numerous, copious, abundant”)
• पुष्टि (puṣṭi)
• पुष्प (púṣpa, “flower, blossom”)
• पुष्पक (puṣpaka)
• पुष्पित (puṣpita)
• पुष्य (puṣya)
• पोष (póṣa)
• पोषक (poṣaka)
• पोषण (poṣaṇa)
• पोषयित्नु (poṣayitnú)
• पोषयिष्णु (poṣayiṣṇú)
• पोषस् (poṣas)
• पोषितृ (poṣitṛ)
• पोषिन् (poṣin)
• पोषुक (poṣuka)
• पोष्टृ (poṣṭṛ)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुपुष् (anupuṣ)
• प्रपुष् (prapuṣ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0638.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 98-99
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “puṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0847-0848”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 0847-0848
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*h₃peu̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303