मूषक
Sanskrit
Etymology
From मूष् (mūṣ, “to steal, rob, plunder”)
Noun
मूषक • (mūṣaka) stem, m
- thief, plunderer
- rat, mouse
- a particular part of the face (= करविरक (kara-viraka))
- a kind of metre
- (in the plural) name of a people
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मूषक | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | मूषकः (mūṣakaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | मूषकस्य (mūṣakasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मूषकः (mūṣakaḥ) | मूषकौ (mūṣakau) | मूषकाः (mūṣakāḥ) |
| Vocative | मूषक (mūṣaka) | मूषकौ (mūṣakau) | मूषकाः (mūṣakāḥ) |
| Accusative | मूषकम् (mūṣakam) | मूषकौ (mūṣakau) | मूषकान् (mūṣakān) |
| Instrumental | मूषकेण (mūṣakeṇa) | मूषकाभ्याम् (mūṣakābhyām) | मूषकैः (mūṣakaiḥ) |
| Dative | मूषकाय (mūṣakāya) | मूषकाभ्याम् (mūṣakābhyām) | मूषकेभ्यः (mūṣakebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | मूषकात् (mūṣakāt) | मूषकाभ्याम् (mūṣakābhyām) | मूषकेभ्यः (mūṣakebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | मूषकस्य (mūṣakasya) | मूषकयोः (mūṣakayoḥ) | मूषकाणाम् (mūṣakāṇām) |
| Locative | मूषके (mūṣake) | मूषकयोः (mūṣakayoḥ) | मूषकेषु (mūṣakeṣu) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मूषक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0827.