साप

See also: साँप

Bundeli

Etymology

From Persian صاف (sâf). Cognate with Hindi साफ़ (sāf).

Adjective

साप (sāp)

1. Banaphari standard form of साफ (sāph).

Marathi

एक साप

Etymology

पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): साप m (sāp)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): सापीण f (sāpīṇ)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘰𑘢 (sāpa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧 (sappa), from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá). Doublet of सर्प (sarpa). Cognate with Gujarati સાપ (sāp), Hindi साँप (sā̃p), Sindhi سپُ / सपु (sapu), Punjabi ਸੱਪ (sappa) / سَپّ (sapp), Nepali साँप (sā̃p), Odia ସାପ (sāpa), Bengali সাপ (śap), Assamese সাপ (xap).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sap/

Noun

साप • (sāp) m

1. snake
2. reptile

Declension

Declension of साप (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	साप sāp
direct plural	साप sāp
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	साप sāp		साप sāp
oblique सामान्यरूप	सापा sāpā		सापां- sāpān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सापाला sāpālā		सापांना sāpānnā
ergative	सापाने, सापानं sāpāne, sāpāna		सापांनी sāpānnī
instrumental	सापाशी sāpāśī		सापांशी sāpānśī
locative सप्तमी	सापात sāpāt		सापांत sāpāt
vocative संबोधन	सापा sāpā		सापांनो sāpānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of साप (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	सापाचा sāpāċā	सापाचे sāpāċe	सापाची sāpācī	सापाच्या sāpācā	सापाचे, सापाचं sāpāċe, sāpāċa	सापाची sāpācī	सापाच्या sāpācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सापांचा sāpānċā	सापांचे sāpānċe	सापांची sāpāñcī	सापांच्या sāpāncā	सापांचे, सापांचं sāpānċe, sāpānċa	सापांची sāpāñcī	सापांच्या sāpāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• सापशिडी (sāpśiḍī, “snakes and ladders”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “साप”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “साप”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “साप”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sarpá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Alternative forms

• साँप [sā̃p]

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa). Cognate with Marathi साप (sāp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [säp]
• Phonetic Devanagari: साप्

Noun

साप • (sāp)

1. snake

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa).

Noun

साप (sāpa)

1. curse
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :

     चौंकि महा मुनि साप दियो

     cauṃki mahā muni sāpa diyo