आगस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Hā́gas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́gas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ég-os ~ *h₂ég-es-, from *h₂eg- (“sin, crime, fault”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγος (ágos, “pollution, guilt”), Old English acan (whence English ache).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.ɡɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɡɐs̪/

Noun

आगस् • (ā́gas) stem, n

1. transgression, offence, injury, sin, fault
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.57.4:

     ऋधक्सा वो मरुतो दिद्युदस्तु यद्व आगः पुरुषता कराम ।
     मा वस्तस्यामपि भूमा यजत्रा अस्मे वो अस्तु सुमतिश्चनिष्ठा ॥

     ṛdhaksā vo maruto didyudastu yadva āgaḥ puruṣatā karāma.
     mā vastasyāmapi bhūmā yajatrā asme vo astu sumatiścaniṣṭhā.

     Far from us be your blazing dart, O Maruts, when we, through human frailty, commit a sin against you.
     Let us not be exposed to that, ye Holy! May your most loving favour still attend us.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of आगस् (ā́gas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आगः ā́gaḥ	आगसी ā́gasī	आगांसि ā́gāṃsi
Vocative	आगः ā́gaḥ	आगसी ā́gasī	आगांसि ā́gāṃsi
Accusative	आगः ā́gaḥ	आगसी ā́gasī	आगांसि ā́gāṃsi
Instrumental	आगसा ā́gasā	आगोभ्याम् ā́gobhyām	आगोभिः ā́gobhiḥ
Dative	आगसे ā́gase	आगोभ्याम् ā́gobhyām	आगोभ्यः ā́gobhyaḥ
Ablative	आगसः ā́gasaḥ	आगोभ्याम् ā́gobhyām	आगोभ्यः ā́gobhyaḥ
Genitive	आगसः ā́gasaḥ	आगसोः ā́gasoḥ	आगसाम् ā́gasām
Locative	आगसि ā́gasi	आगसोः ā́gasoḥ	आगःसु ā́gaḥsu