शर्ध

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“herd, row”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (sar^əδa), Russian череда́ (čeredá, “train, sequence”), Ancient Greek κόρθυς (kórthus, “heap”), Old English heord (whence English herd).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ɾ.dʱɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐɾ.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

शर्ध • (śárdha) stem, m

1. troop
2. horde (of Maruts)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शर्ध (śárdha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शर्धः śárdhaḥ	शर्धौ / शर्धा¹ śárdhau / śárdhā¹	शर्धाः / शर्धासः¹ śárdhāḥ / śárdhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शर्ध śárdha	शर्धौ / शर्धा¹ śárdhau / śárdhā¹	शर्धाः / शर्धासः¹ śárdhāḥ / śárdhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शर्धम् śárdham	शर्धौ / शर्धा¹ śárdhau / śárdhā¹	शर्धान् śárdhān
Instrumental	शर्धेन śárdhena	शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām	शर्धैः / शर्धेभिः¹ śárdhaiḥ / śárdhebhiḥ¹
Dative	शर्धाय śárdhāya	शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām	शर्धेभ्यः śárdhebhyaḥ
Ablative	शर्धात् śárdhāt	शर्धाभ्याम् śárdhābhyām	शर्धेभ्यः śárdhebhyaḥ
Genitive	शर्धस्य śárdhasya	शर्धयोः śárdhayoḥ	शर्धानाम् śárdhānām
Locative	शर्धे śárdhe	शर्धयोः śárdhayoḥ	शर्धेषु śárdheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शर्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1058/2.