स्पश्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *spáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *spáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *spéḱs (“spy; watcher, observer”), from *speḱ- (“to see”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬯 (spas, “spy”), Latin au-spex, haru-spex. Also related to English spy.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /spɐ́ɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪pɐɕ/

Noun

स्पश् • (spáś) stem, m (root पश्)

1. a spy; one who looks or beholds; a watcher
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.59.1:

     प्र वः॒ स्पळ् अ॑क्रन्त् सुवि॒ताय॑ दा॒वने ऽर्चा॑ दि॒वे प्र पृ॑थि॒व्या ऋ॒तं भ॑रे ।

     prá vaḥ spáḷ akrant suvitā́ya dāváné ʼrcā divé prá pṛthivyā́ ṛtáṃ bhare.

     Your spy has called to you to give prosperity. I sing to Heaven and Earth and offer worship.

2. a messenger

Declension

Declension of स्पश्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्पट् (spáṭ)	स्पशौ (spáśau)	स्पशः (spáśaḥ)
Vocative	स्पट् (spáṭ)	स्पशौ (spáśau)	स्पशः (spáśaḥ)
Accusative	स्पशम् (spáśam)	स्पशौ (spáśau)	स्पशः (spáśaḥ)
Instrumental	स्पशा (spáśā)	स्पड्भ्याम् (spáḍbhyām)	स्पड्भिः (spáḍbhiḥ)
Dative	स्पशे (spáśe)	स्पड्भ्याम् (spáḍbhyām)	स्पड्भ्यः (spáḍbhyaḥ)
Ablative	स्पशः (spáśaḥ)	स्पड्भ्याम् (spáḍbhyām)	स्पड्भ्यः (spáḍbhyaḥ)
Genitive	स्पशः (spáśaḥ)	स्पशोः (spáśoḥ)	स्पशाम् (spáśām)
Locative	स्पशि (spáśi)	स्पशोः (spáśoḥ)	स्पट्सु (spáṭsu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्पश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1268.