रुचि

Sanskrit

Noun

रुचि (rúci) f

1. light, lustre, splendour, beauty
2. colour
3. liking, taste, relish, pleasure, appetite, zest
4. (at the end of a compound) taking pleasure in, desirous of, longing for; with locative, प्रति (prati) infinitive or compound

   ruciṃ-√dā or rucaye-√bhū — to please

   rucim ā-√vah, with datative — to excite a desire for

   रुच्या (rucyā) or स्वरुच्या (sva-rucyā) — at pleasure, at will

5. a kind of coitus
6. a kind of pigment (= रोचना (rocanā))
7. name of an Apsaras
8. name of the wife of Devaśarman

Declension

    Feminine i-stem declension of रुचि

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रुचिः (ruciḥ)	रुची (rucī)	रुचयः (rucayaḥ)
Vocative	रुचे (ruce)	रुची (rucī)	रुचयः (rucayaḥ)
Accusative	रुचिम् (rucim)	रुची (rucī)	रुचीः (rucīḥ)
Instrumental	रुच्या (rucyā)	रुचिभ्याम् (rucibhyām)	रुचिभिः (rucibhiḥ)
Dative	रुच्यै (rucyai) / रुचये (rucaye)	रुचिभ्याम् (rucibhyām)	रुचिभ्यः (rucibhyaḥ)
Ablative	रुच्याः (rucyāḥ) / रुचेः (ruceḥ)	रुचिभ्याम् (rucibhyām)	रुचिभ्यः (rucibhyaḥ)
Genitive	रुच्याः (rucyāḥ) / रुचेः (ruceḥ)	रुच्योः (rucyoḥ)	रुचीनाम् (rucīnām)
Locative	रुच्याम् (rucyām) / रुचौ (rucau)	रुच्योः (rucyoḥ)	रुचिषु (ruciṣu)

Proper noun

रुचि (rúci) f

1. name of a Prajā-pati (the husband of Ākūti and father of Yajña or Su-yajña and of Manu Raucya)
2. name of a son of Viśvāmitra
3. name of a king

Adjective

रुचि (rúci)

1. pleasant, agreeable (= रुचिर (rucira))

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0882