नप्ती

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From Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“niece, granddaughter, female descendant”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬍 (naptī, “granddaughter”), Old English nift (“niece, granddaughter”), Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), Irish neacht (“niece”). See also नप्ति (naptí).

नप्ती • (naptī́) stem, f

granddaughter
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.14.5:
  न॒प्तीभि॒र् यो वि॒वस्व॑तः शु॒भ्रो न मा॑मृ॒जे युवा॑ ।
  naptī́bhir yó vivásvataḥ śubhró ná māmṛjé yúvā.
  He hath been adorned, like a fair youth, by the granddaughters of the priest.

Feminine ī-stem declension of नप्ती (naptī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नप्ती naptī́	नप्त्यौ / नप्ती¹ naptyaù / naptī́¹	नप्त्यः / नप्तीः¹ naptyàḥ / naptī́ḥ¹
Vocative	नप्ति nápti	नप्त्यौ / नप्ती¹ náptyau / náptī¹	नप्त्यः / नप्तीः¹ náptyaḥ / náptīḥ¹
Accusative	नप्तीम् naptī́m	नप्त्यौ / नप्ती¹ naptyaù / naptī́¹	नप्तीः naptī́ḥ
Instrumental	नप्त्या naptyā́	नप्तीभ्याम् naptī́bhyām	नप्तीभिः naptī́bhiḥ
Dative	नप्त्यै naptyaí	नप्तीभ्याम् naptī́bhyām	नप्तीभ्यः naptī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	नप्त्याः / नप्त्यै² naptyā́ḥ / naptyaí²	नप्तीभ्याम् naptī́bhyām	नप्तीभ्यः naptī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	नप्त्याः / नप्त्यै² naptyā́ḥ / naptyaí²	नप्त्योः naptyóḥ	नप्तीनाम् naptī́nām
Locative	नप्त्याम् naptyā́m	नप्त्योः naptyóḥ	नप्तीषु naptī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Monier Williams (1899) “नप्ती”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 527, column 2.