यम
See also: यमी
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SanskritEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *yemH-no- (“connected, paired”), from *h₂eym- (“likeness; identical”). Cognate with Latin imago.
NounEdit
यम • (yáma) m, f
- a twin, one of a pair or couple
- a pair or a couple
- (grammar) a twin-letter
- (symbolic) the number 'two'
Proper nounEdit
यम • (yama) m
- Yama, the god of death, afterlife and justice, the twin brother of Yamuna and believed to have been the first mortal to die.
AdjectiveEdit
यम • (yama)
DeclensionEdit
| Masculine a-stem declension of यम | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | यमः (yamaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | यमस्य (yamasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यमः (yamaḥ) | यमौ (yamau) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
| Vocative | यम (yama) | यमौ (yamau) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
| Accusative | यमम् (yamam) | यमौ (yamau) | यमान् (yamān) |
| Instrumental | यमेन (yamena) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमैः (yamaiḥ) |
| Dative | यमाय (yamāya) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमेभ्यः (yamebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | यमात् (yamāt) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमेभ्यः (yamebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | यमस्य (yamasya) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमानाम् (yamānām) |
| Locative | यमे (yame) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमेषु (yameṣu) |
| Feminine ā-stem declension of यम | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | यमा (yamā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | यमायाः (yamāyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यमा (yamā) | यमे (yame) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
| Vocative | यमे (yame) | यमे (yame) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
| Accusative | यमाम् (yamām) | यमे (yame) | यमाः (yamāḥ) |
| Instrumental | यमया (yamayā) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमाभिः (yamābhiḥ) |
| Dative | यमायै (yamāyai) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमाभ्यः (yamābhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | यमायाः (yamāyāḥ) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमाभ्यः (yamābhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | यमायाः (yamāyāḥ) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमानाम् (yamānām) |
| Locative | यमायाम् (yamāyām) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमासु (yamāsu) |
| Neuter a-stem declension of यम | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | यमम् (yamam) | ||
| Gen. sg. | यमस्य (yamasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यमम् (yamam) | यमे (yame) | यमानि (yamāni) |
| Vocative | यम (yama) | यमे (yame) | यमानि (yamāni) |
| Accusative | यमम् (yamam) | यमे (yame) | यमानि (yamāni) |
| Instrumental | यमेन (yamena) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमैः (yamaiḥ) |
| Dative | यमा (yamā) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमेभ्यः (yamebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | यमात् (yamāt) | यमाभ्याम् (yamābhyām) | यमेभ्यः (yamebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | यमस्य (yamasya) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमानाम् (yamānām) |
| Locative | यमे (yame) | यमयोः (yamayoḥ) | यमेषु (yameṣu) |
ReferencesEdit
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 846