मृध

See also: मधु and मेध

Sanskrit

Etymology

Akin to Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛- (marəd-, “to destroy”), Ancient Greek μάρναμαι (márnamai, “I fight, struggle”), Latin Mars (“the god of war”), Armenian մարտ (mart, “battle, combat”) etc.

Noun

मृध • (mṛdha) stem, m or n

1. fight, battle, war (MBh., Kāv. etc.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मृध
Nom. sg.	मृधः (mṛdhaḥ)
Gen. sg.	मृधस्य (mṛdhasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मृधः (mṛdhaḥ)	मृधौ (mṛdhau)	मृधाः (mṛdhāḥ)
Vocative	मृध (mṛdha)	मृधौ (mṛdhau)	मृधाः (mṛdhāḥ)
Accusative	मृधम् (mṛdham)	मृधौ (mṛdhau)	मृधान् (mṛdhān)
Instrumental	मृधेन (mṛdhena)	मृधाभ्याम् (mṛdhābhyām)	मृधैः (mṛdhaiḥ)
Dative	मृधाय (mṛdhāya)	मृधाभ्याम् (mṛdhābhyām)	मृधेभ्यः (mṛdhebhyaḥ)
Ablative	मृधात् (mṛdhāt)	मृधाभ्याम् (mṛdhābhyām)	मृधेभ्यः (mṛdhebhyaḥ)
Genitive	मृधस्य (mṛdhasya)	मृधयोः (mṛdhayoḥ)	मृधानाम् (mṛdhānām)
Locative	मृधे (mṛdhe)	मृधयोः (mṛdhayoḥ)	मृधेषु (mṛdheṣu)

Descendants

• Tamil: மிருதம் (mirutam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मृध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0830.