मेथि
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Etymology
Akin to Old Armenian մոյթ (moytʻ).
Noun
मेथि • (methí) m
- a pillar, post (especially a pillar in the middle of a threshing-floor to which oxen are bound, but also any central point or centre) (AV. etc.)
- cattle-shed (AV.)
- a prop for supporting carriage-shafts (AV. etc.)
Declension
| Masculine i-stem declension of मेथि | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | मेथिः (methiḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | मेथेः (metheḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मेथिः (methiḥ) | मेथी (methī) | मेथयः (methayaḥ) |
| Vocative | मेथे (methe) | मेथी (methī) | मेथयः (methayaḥ) |
| Accusative | मेथिम् (methim) | मेथी (methī) | मेथीन् (methīn) |
| Instrumental | मेथिना (methinā) | मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām) | मेथिभिः (methibhiḥ) |
| Dative | मेथये (methaye) | मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām) | मेथिभ्यः (methibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | मेथेः (metheḥ) | मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām) | मेथिभ्यः (methibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | मेथेः (metheḥ) | मेथ्योः (methyoḥ) | मेथीनाम् (methīnām) |
| Locative | मेथौ (methau) | मेथ्योः (methyoḥ) | मेथिषु (methiṣu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0832.