स्वप्न

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sʋəpn/, [sʋɐpn]

Noun edit

स्वप्न (svapnm (Urdu spelling سوپن)

  1. dream
  2. sleep

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

स्वप्न (svapnan

  1. dream
    Synonym: सपान (sapān) (dialectal)

Declension edit

Declension of स्वप्न (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
स्वप्न
svapna
direct
plural
स्वप्ने, स्वप्नं
svapne, svapna
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
स्वप्न
svapna
स्वप्ने, स्वप्नं
svapne, svapna
oblique
सामान्यरूप
स्वप्ना
svapnā
स्वप्नां-
svapnān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
स्वप्नाला
svapnālā
स्वप्नांना
svapnānnā
ergative स्वप्नाने, स्वप्नानं
svapnāne, svapnāna
स्वप्नांनी
svapnānnī
instrumental स्वप्नाशी
svapnāśī
स्वप्नांशी
svapnānśī
locative
सप्तमी
स्वप्नात
svapnāt
स्वप्नांत
svapnāt
vocative
संबोधन
स्वप्ना
svapnā
स्वप्नांनो
svapnānno
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 स्वप्न (neut 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
स्वप्नाचा
svapnāċā
स्वप्नाचे
svapnāċe
स्वप्नाची
svapnācī
स्वप्नाच्या
svapnācā
स्वप्नाचे, स्वप्नाचं
svapnāċe, svapnāċa
स्वप्नाची
svapnācī
स्वप्नाच्या
svapnācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
स्वप्नांचा
svapnānċā
स्वप्नांचे
svapnānċe
स्वप्नांची
svapnāñcī
स्वप्नांच्या
svapnāncā
स्वप्नांचे, स्वप्नांचं
svapnānċe, svapnānċa
स्वप्नांची
svapnāñcī
स्वप्नांच्या
svapnāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “स्वप्न”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas (sleep, dream), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (sleep, dream), from *swep- (to sleep).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬟𐬥𐬀 (xᵛafna), Latin somnus, sopor, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Lithuanian sapnas, Persian خواب (xvâb, dream), Old Church Slavonic сънъ (sŭnŭ), Old English swefn (whence English sweven).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

स्वप्न (svápna) stemm

  1. sleep, sleeping
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.28.10:
      यो मे॑ राज॒न्युज्यो॑ वा॒ सखा॑ वा॒ स्वप्ने॑ भ॒यं भी॒रवे॒ मह्य॒माह॑।
      स्ते॒नो वा॒ यो दिप्स॑ति नो॒ वृको॑ वा॒ त्वं तस्मा॑द्वरुण पाह्य॒स्मान्॥
      yó me rājanyújyo vā sákhā vā svápne bhayáṃ bhīráve máhyamā́ha.
      stenó vā yó dípsati no vṛ́ko vā tváṃ tásmādvaruṇa pāhyasmā́n.
      Protect us, Varuṇa, against every peril which a kinsman or a friend threatens me with alarmed in sleep; or from a thief or a wolf that attempts to destroy us.
  2. dream, dreaming
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.86.6:
      न स स्वो दक्षो॑ वरुण॒ ध्रुति॒: सा सुरा॑ म॒न्युर्वि॒भीद॑को॒ अचि॑त्तिः।
      अस्ति॒ ज्याया॒न्कनी॑यस उपा॒रे स्वप्न॑श्च॒नेदनृ॑तस्य प्रयो॒ता॥
      ná sá svó dákṣo varuṇa dhrúti: sā́ súrā manyúrvibhī́dako ácittiḥ.
      ásti jyā́yānkánīyasa upāré svápnaścanédánṛtasya prayotā́.
      It is not our own choice, Varuṇa, not our condition, that is the cause of our sinning; it is that which isintoxication, wrath, gambling, ignorance; there is a senior in the proximity of the junior; even a dream is aprovocation to sin.
  3. sleepiness, drowsiness

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of स्वप्न (svápna)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative स्वप्नः
svápnaḥ
स्वप्नौ / स्वप्ना¹
svápnau / svápnā¹
स्वप्नाः / स्वप्नासः¹
svápnāḥ / svápnāsaḥ¹
Vocative स्वप्न
svápna
स्वप्नौ / स्वप्ना¹
svápnau / svápnā¹
स्वप्नाः / स्वप्नासः¹
svápnāḥ / svápnāsaḥ¹
Accusative स्वप्नम्
svápnam
स्वप्नौ / स्वप्ना¹
svápnau / svápnā¹
स्वप्नान्
svápnān
Instrumental स्वप्नेन
svápnena
स्वप्नाभ्याम्
svápnābhyām
स्वप्नैः / स्वप्नेभिः¹
svápnaiḥ / svápnebhiḥ¹
Dative स्वप्नाय
svápnāya
स्वप्नाभ्याम्
svápnābhyām
स्वप्नेभ्यः
svápnebhyaḥ
Ablative स्वप्नात्
svápnāt
स्वप्नाभ्याम्
svápnābhyām
स्वप्नेभ्यः
svápnebhyaḥ
Genitive स्वप्नस्य
svápnasya
स्वप्नयोः
svápnayoḥ
स्वप्नानाम्
svápnānām
Locative स्वप्ने
svápne
स्वप्नयोः
svápnayoḥ
स्वप्नेषु
svápneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “स्वप्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1280/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 791