ऊर्मि

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wr̥Hmíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥Hmíš, from Proto-Indo-European wl̥H-mí-s, from *welH- (“to turn, coil”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬌 (var^əmi), Latvian and Lithuanian vilnis, Old Church Slavonic вльна (vlĭna), Albanian valë, German Welle.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /uːɾ.mí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɾ.mi/

Noun

ऊर्मि • (ūrmí) stem, f

1. wave, billow
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.4.10:

     वृष्णः कोशः पवते मध्व ऊर्मिर्वृषभान्नाय वृषभाय पातवे।
     वृषणाध्वर्यू वृषभासो अद्रयो वृषणं सोमं वृषभाय सुष्वति॥

     vṛṣṇaḥ kośaḥ pavate madhva ūrmirvṛṣabhānnāya vṛṣabhāya pātave.
     vṛṣaṇādhvaryū vṛṣabhāso adrayo vṛṣaṇaṃ somaṃ vṛṣabhāya suṣvati.

     The vessel of the strong flows forth, the flood of meath, unto the Strong who feeds upon the strong, for drink,
     Strong are the two Adhvaryus, strong are both the stones. They press the Soma that is strong for him the Strong.

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of ऊर्मि (ūrmí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ऊर्मिः ūrmíḥ	ऊर्मी ūrmī́	ऊर्मयः ūrmáyaḥ
Vocative	ऊर्मे ū́rme	ऊर्मी ū́rmī	ऊर्मयः ū́rmayaḥ
Accusative	ऊर्मिम् ūrmím	ऊर्मी ūrmī́	ऊर्मीः ūrmī́ḥ
Instrumental	ऊर्म्या / ऊर्मी¹ ūrmyā́ / ūrmī́¹	ऊर्मिभ्याम् ūrmíbhyām	ऊर्मिभिः ūrmíbhiḥ
Dative	ऊर्मये / ऊर्म्यै² / ऊर्मी¹ ūrmáye / ūrmyaí² / ūrmī́¹	ऊर्मिभ्याम् ūrmíbhyām	ऊर्मिभ्यः ūrmíbhyaḥ
Ablative	ऊर्मेः / ऊर्म्याः² / ऊर्म्यै³ ūrméḥ / ūrmyā́ḥ² / ūrmyaí³	ऊर्मिभ्याम् ūrmíbhyām	ऊर्मिभ्यः ūrmíbhyaḥ
Genitive	ऊर्मेः / ऊर्म्याः² / ऊर्म्यै³ ūrméḥ / ūrmyā́ḥ² / ūrmyaí³	ऊर्म्योः ūrmyóḥ	ऊर्मीणाम् ūrmīṇā́m
Locative	ऊर्मौ / ऊर्म्याम्² / ऊर्मा¹ ūrmaú / ūrmyā́m² / ūrmā́¹	ऊर्म्योः ūrmyóḥ	ऊर्मिषु ūrmíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऊर्मि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0222.