गुह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গুহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬸᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গুহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰲𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
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• ဂုဟ် (Burmese script)
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• ਗੁਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
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• கு³ஹ் (Tamil script)
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• คุหฺ (Thai script)
• གུ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒳𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (“to hide, conceal”). See गूहति (gūhati) for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡúɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡuɦ/

Root

गुह् • (guh)

1. to cover, conceal, hide
2. to keep secret

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• गूह॑ति (gū́hati, present)
• गू॒हि॒ष्यति॑ (gūhiṣyáti, future)
• घो॒क्ष्यति॑ (ghokṣyáti, future)
• गू॒हि॒ता (gūhitā́, periphrastic future)
• गो॒ढा (goḍhā́, periphrastic future)
• अघु॑क्षत् (ághukṣat, aorist)
• अगु॑हत् (águhat, aorist)
• अगू॑हीत् (ágūhīt, aorist)
• जु॒गूह॑ (jugū́ha, perfect)

Secondary forms

• गु॒ह्यते॑ (guhyáte, passive)
• अगू॑हि (ágūhi, passive aorist)
• गू॒हय॑ति (gūháyati, causative)
• अजू॑गुहत् (ájūguhat, causative aorist)
• जुगुक्षति (jugukṣati, desiderative)
• जुघुक्षति (jughukṣati, desiderative)
• जोगुह्यते (joguhyate, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• गू॒ढ (gūḍhá, past participle)
• गूहितुम् (gūhitum, infinitive)
• गूहित्वा (gūhitvā, gerund)
• गूढ्वा (gūḍhvā, gerund)
• गू॒ढ्वी (gūḍhvī́, gerund)
• गुह्य (guhya, gerund)
• गुह्य॑ (gúhya, gerundive)
• गोह्य (gohya, gerundive)
• गूहितव्य (gūhitavya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

• गुह् (gúh)
• गुह (guha)
• गुहा॑ (gúhā)
• गूह (gūha)
• गूहन (gūhana)
• गूहितृ (gūhitṛ)
• गोह॑ (góha)
• गोहन (gohana)

Prefixed root forms

• अपगुह् (apaguh)
• अवगुह् (avaguh)
• उद्गुह् (udguh)
• उपगुह् (upaguh)
• निगुह् (niguh)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गुह् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गुह् (3 c, 0 e)

Noun

गुह् • (gúh) stem, f

1. a hiding place, cave, den, lair
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.67.6:

     प्रि॒या प॒दानि॑ प॒श्वो नि पा॑हि वि॒श्वायु॑रग्ने गु॒हा गुहं॑ गाः ॥

     priyā́ padā́ni paśvó ní pāhi viśvā́yuragne guhā́ gúhaṃ gāḥ.

     O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of गुह्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	घुट् (ghúṭ)	गुहौ॑ (gúhau) गुहा॑¹ (gúhā¹)	गुहः॑ (gúhaḥ)
accusative	गुह॑म् (gúham)	गुहौ॑ (gúhau) गुहा॑¹ (gúhā¹)	गुहः॑ (gúhaḥ)
instrumental	गु॒हा (guhā́)	घु॒ड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m)	घु॒ड्भिः (ghuḍbhíḥ)
dative	गु॒हे (guhé)	घु॒ड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m)	घु॒ड्भ्यः (ghuḍbhyáḥ)
ablative	गु॒हः (guháḥ)	घु॒ड्भ्याम् (ghuḍbhyā́m)	घु॒ड्भ्यः (ghuḍbhyáḥ)
genitive	गु॒हः (guháḥ)	गु॒होः (guhóḥ)	गु॒हाम् (guhā́m)
locative	गु॒हि (guhí)	गु॒होः (guhóḥ)	घु॒ट्सु (ghuṭsú)
vocative	घुट् (ghúṭ)	गुहौ॑ (gúhau) गुहा॑¹ (gúhā¹)	गुहः॑ (gúhaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गुह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 360, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “गुह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 38

• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “गुह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “GOH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 502-3