लिह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লিহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• লিহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• လိဟ် (Burmese script)
• લિહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਿਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂱𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
• លិហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ລິຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ലിഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘱𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧒𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଲିହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ලිහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩑𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚮𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• லிஹ் (Tamil script)
• లిహ్ (Telugu script)
• ลิหฺ (Thai script)
• ལི་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨁𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /liɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪iɦ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *líṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *líćš, from Proto-Indo-European *líǵʰs, from *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”).

Adjective

लिह् • (lih)

1. licking

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of लिह् (lih)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लिट् liṭ	लिहौ / लिहा¹ lihau / lihā¹	लिहः lihaḥ
Vocative	लिट् liṭ	लिहौ / लिहा¹ lihau / lihā¹	लिहः lihaḥ
Accusative	लिहम् liham	लिहौ / लिहा¹ lihau / lihā¹	लिहः lihaḥ
Instrumental	लिहा lihā	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भिः liḍbhiḥ
Dative	लिहे lihe	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भ्यः liḍbhyaḥ
Ablative	लिहः lihaḥ	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भ्यः liḍbhyaḥ
Genitive	लिहः lihaḥ	लिहोः lihoḥ	लिहाम् lihām
Locative	लिहि lihi	लिहोः lihoḥ	लिट्सु liṭsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine root-stem declension of लिह् (lih)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लिट् liṭ	लिहौ / लिहा¹ lihau / lihā¹	लिहः lihaḥ
Vocative	लिट् liṭ	लिहौ / लिहा¹ lihau / lihā¹	लिहः lihaḥ
Accusative	लिहम् liham	लिहौ / लिहा¹ lihau / lihā¹	लिहः lihaḥ
Instrumental	लिहा lihā	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भिः liḍbhiḥ
Dative	लिहे lihe	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भ्यः liḍbhyaḥ
Ablative	लिहः lihaḥ	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भ्यः liḍbhyaḥ
Genitive	लिहः lihaḥ	लिहोः lihoḥ	लिहाम् lihām
Locative	लिहि lihi	लिहोः lihoḥ	लिट्सु liṭsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter root-stem declension of लिह् (lih)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लिट् liṭ	लिही lihī	लिंहि liṃhi
Vocative	लिट् liṭ	लिही lihī	लिंहि liṃhi
Accusative	लिट् liṭ	लिही lihī	लिंहि liṃhi
Instrumental	लिहा lihā	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भिः liḍbhiḥ
Dative	लिहे lihe	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भ्यः liḍbhyaḥ
Ablative	लिहः lihaḥ	लिड्भ्याम् liḍbhyām	लिड्भ्यः liḍbhyaḥ
Genitive	लिहः lihaḥ	लिहोः lihoḥ	लिहाम् lihām
Locative	लिहि lihi	लिहोः lihoḥ	लिट्सु liṭsu

Derived terms

• मधुलिह् (madhulih)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Cognate with Lithuanian laižýti, Proto-Slavic *līzàti, Latin lingō whence cunnilingus; Dutch lekker (“tasty”), English lick.

Alternative forms

• रिह् (rih), रेह् (reh)

Root

लिह् • (lih)

1. to lick, taste
2. to eat, consume

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लिह्‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• लेढि (leḍhi, Present)
• रेढि (réḍhi, Present)
• रेळ्हि (réḷhi, Present)
• लिहति (lihati, Present)
• लेक्ष्यति (lekṣyati, Future)
• लेढा (leḍhā, Periphrastic Future)
• अलिक्षत् (alikṣat, Aorist)
• लिलेह (lileha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• लिह्यते (lihyate, Passive)
• अलेहि (alehi, Passive Aorist)
• लेहयति (leháyati, Causative)
• अलीलिहत् (alīlihat, Causative Aorist)
• लिलिक्षति (lilikṣati, Desiderative)
• लेलेढि (leleḍhi, Intensive)
• लेलिह्यते (lelihyate, Intensive)
• रेरिह्यते (rerihyáte, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• लीढ (līḍha, Past Participle)
• रीळ्ह (rīḷha, Past Participle)
• लेढुम् (leḍhum, Infinitive)
• लीढ्वा (līḍhvā, Gerund)
• लेह्य (lehya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• लिह् (lih) (see Etymology 1)
• लिह (liha)
• लेलिह (leliha)
• लेह (leha)
• लेहक (lehaka)
• लेहन (lehana)
• लेहिन् (lehin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अवलिह् (avalih)
• आलिह् (ālih)
• निर्लिह् (nirlih)
• परिलिह् (parilih)
• प्रलिह् (pralih)
• विलिह् (vilih)
• संलिह् (saṃlih)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लिह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 903, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 148