लिप्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• रिप् (rip)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লিপ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬶᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
• লিপ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰰𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• လိပ် (Burmese script)
• લિપ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਿਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌿𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦶꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂱𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಿಪ್ (Kannada script)
• លិប៑ (Khmer script)
• ລິປ຺ (Lao script)
• ലിപ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᡳᢒ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘱𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠢᢒ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧒𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐶𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଲିପ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢶꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆴𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖰𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ලිප් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩑𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚮𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
• லிப் (Tamil script)
• లిప్ (Telugu script)
• ลิปฺ (Thai script)
• ལི་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒱𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨁𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *leyp-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lip/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ip/

Root

लिप् • (lip)

1. to smear, anoint
2. to soil, taint, pollute, defile
3. to inflame, kindle

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लिप्‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• लिम्पति (limpáti, Present)
• लेप्स्यति (lepsyati, Future)
• लेप्ता (leptā, Periphrastic Future)
• अलिपत् (alipat, Aorist)
• अलिप्त (alipta, Aorist)
• लिलेप (lilepa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• लिप्यते (lipyate, Passive)
• अलेपि (alepi, Passive Aorist)
• लेपयति (lepayati, Causative)
• लिम्पयति (limpayati, Causative)
• अलीलिपत् (alīlipat, Causative Aorist)
• लिलिप्सति (lilipsati, Desiderative)
• लेलिप्यते (lelipyate, Intensive)
• लेलेप्ति (lelepti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• लेप्तुम् (leptum, Infinitive)
• लिप्त्वा (liptvā, Gerund)
• लिप्य (lípya, Gerund)
• लेप्य (lepya, Gerundive)
• लिप्त (liptá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• लिपि (lipi)
• लिम्प (limpa)
• लिम्पि (limpi)
• लेप (lepa)
• लेपक (lepaka)
• लेपन (lepana)
• लेपिन् (lepin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुलिप् (anulip)
• अभिलिप् (abhilip)
• अवलिप् (avalip)
• आलिप् (ālip)
• उपलिप् (upalip)
• निलिप् (nilip)
• परिलिप् (parilip)
• प्रलिप् (pralip)
• विलिप् (vilip)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लिप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 902, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 147
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “lip”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.