सासू

See also: साँस, सांस, सांसें, सास, and ससा

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘰𑘭𑘳 (sāsu), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū), from Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́). Cognate with Gujarati સાસુ (sāsu), Hindi सास (sās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.su/, [sa.suː]

Noun

सासू • (sāsū) f

1. mother-in-law

Declension

Declension of सासू (fem ū-stem)
direct singular	सासू sāsū
direct plural	सासवा sāsvā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	सासू sāsū		सासवा sāsvā
oblique सामान्यरूप	सासू sāsū		सासवां- sāsvān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सासूला sāsūlā		सासवांना sāsvānnā
ergative	सासूने, सासूनं sāsūne, sāsūna		सासवांनी sāsvānnī
instrumental	सासूशी sāsūśī		सासवांशी sāsvānśī
locative सप्तमी	सासूत sāsūt		सासवांत sāsvāt
vocative संबोधन	सासू sāsū		सासवांनो sāsvānno
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 सासू (fem ū-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	सासूचा sāsūċā	सासूचे sāsūċe	सासूची sāsūcī	सासूच्या sāsūcā	सासूचे, सासूचं sāsūċe, sāsūċa	सासूची sāsūcī	सासूच्या sāsūcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सासवांचा sāsvānċā	सासवांचे sāsvānċe	सासवांची sāsvāñcī	सासवांच्या sāsvāncā	सासवांचे, सासवांचं sāsvānċe, sāsvānċa	सासवांची sāsvāñcī	सासवांच्या sāsvāñcā
* 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

• सासूबाई (sāsūbāī)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सासू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सासू”, 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) “सासरा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvaśrūˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Alternative forms

• सासु (sāsu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [säsu]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सासु

Noun

सासू • (sāsū) f

1. mother-in-law

Declension

Declension of सासू
	Singular	Plural
nominative	सासू [säsu]	सासूहरू [säsuʌɾu]
accusative	सासूलाई [säsuläi]	सासूहरूलाई [säsuʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	सासूले [säsule]	सासूहरूले [säsuʌɾule]
dative	सासूलाई [säsuläi]	सासूहरूलाई [säsuʌɾuläi]
ablative	सासूबाट [säsubäʈʌ]	सासूहरूबाट [säsuʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	सासूको [säsuko]	सासूहरूको [säsuʌɾuko]
locative	सासूमा [säsumä]	सासूहरूमा [säsuʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “सासू”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “सासू”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar