अभीशु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অভীশু (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬪᬷᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
• অভীশু (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰥𑰱𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀪𑀻𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• အဘီၐု (Burmese script)
• અભીશુ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਭੀਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌭𑍀𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦨꦷꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂦𑂲𑂬𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಭೀಶು (Kannada script)
• អភីឝុ (Khmer script)
• ອຠີຨຸ (Lao script)
• അഭീശു (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢨᡳᡳᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘥𑘲𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠪᠾᠢᠢᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧅𑧓𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐨𑐷𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଅଭୀଶୁ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢩꢷꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆨𑆵𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖥𑖱𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
• අභීශු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩳𑩑𑩛𑩿𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚡𑚯𑚧𑚰 (Takri script)
• அபீ⁴ஶு (Tamil script)
• అభీశు (Telugu script)
• อภีศุ (Thai script)
• ཨ་བྷཱི་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒦𑒲𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨮𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HabʰíHśuṣ, from *Habʰí (“towards”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂n̥ḱ-ú-s, from *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱíː.ɕu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbʱiː.ɕu/

Noun

अभीशु • (abhī́śu) stem, m

1. (Vedic) rein, bridle
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.57.06:

     उत् पू॒षणं॑ युवामहे॒ऽभीशूँ॑र् इव॒ सार॑थिः ।
     म॒ह्या इन्द्रं॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

     út pūṣáṇaṃ yuvāmaheʼbhī́śūm̐r iva sā́rathiḥ.
     mahyā́ índraṃ svastáye.

     As a charioteer draws in his reins, may we draw Pūṣan near,
     And Indra, for our great success.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of अभीशु (abhī́śu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अभीशुः abhī́śuḥ	अभीशू abhī́śū	अभीशवः abhī́śavaḥ
Vocative	अभीशो ábhīśo	अभीशू ábhīśū	अभीशवः ábhīśavaḥ
Accusative	अभीशुम् abhī́śum	अभीशू abhī́śū	अभीशून् abhī́śūn
Instrumental	अभीशुना / अभीश्वा¹ abhī́śunā / abhī́śvā¹	अभीशुभ्याम् abhī́śubhyām	अभीशुभिः abhī́śubhiḥ
Dative	अभीशवे / अभीश्वे¹ abhī́śave / abhī́śve¹	अभीशुभ्याम् abhī́śubhyām	अभीशुभ्यः abhī́śubhyaḥ
Ablative	अभीशोः / अभीश्वः¹ abhī́śoḥ / abhī́śvaḥ¹	अभीशुभ्याम् abhī́śubhyām	अभीशुभ्यः abhī́śubhyaḥ
Genitive	अभीशोः / अभीश्वः¹ abhī́śoḥ / abhī́śvaḥ¹	अभीश्वोः abhī́śvoḥ	अभीशूनाम् abhī́śūnām
Locative	अभीशौ abhī́śau	अभीश्वोः abhī́śvoḥ	अभीशुषु abhī́śuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic