होतृ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto-.

Noun

होतृ (hótṛ) m.

1. an offerer of an oblation or burnt-offering (with fire), sacrificer, priest, especially a priest who at a sacrifice invokes the gods or recites the ṛg-veda, a ṛg-veda priest

Declension

    Masculine ṛ-stem declension of होतृ

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	होता (hotā)	होतारौ (hotārau)	होतारः (hotāraḥ)
Vocative	होतः (hotaḥ)	होतारौ (hotārau)	होतारः (hotāraḥ)
Accusative	होतारम् (hotāram)	होतारौ (hotārau)	होतॄन् (hotṝn)
Instrumental	होत्रा (hotrā)	होतृभ्याम् (hotṛbhyām)	होतृभिः (hotṛbhiḥ)
Dative	होत्रे (hotre)	होतृभ्याम् (hotṛbhyām)	होतृभ्यः (hotṛbhyaḥ)
Ablative	होतुः (hotuḥ)	होतृभ्याम् (hotṛbhyām)	होतृभ्यः (hotṛbhyaḥ)
Genitive	होतुः (hotuḥ)	होत्रोः (hotroḥ)	होतॄणाम् (hotṝṇām)
Locative	होतरि (hotari)	होत्रोः (hotroḥ)	होतृषु (hotṛṣu)

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 1306