ग्रभ्

See also: गर्भ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ग्रह् (grah)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grabʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡 (gar^əβ, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐbʱ/

Root

ग्रभ् • (grabh)

1. to seize

Derived terms

• अग्रभण (agrabhaṇa, “having nothing which can be grasped”)
• गृभ (gṛbhá, “dwelling-place”)
• गृभि (gṛ́bhi, “holding, containing”)
• गृभीत (gṛbhītá, “seized”)
• गृभ् (gṛbh, “grasping, seizing”)
• गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”)
• ग्रभ (grábha, “taking possession”)
• ग्रभीतृ (grabhītṛ, “one who seizes”)
• ग्राभ (grābha, ““one who seizes”, a demon causing diseases”)

 

References

• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 40