प्रपा

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Etymology

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From प्र- (pra-, forth) +‎ Proto-Indo-European *péh₃ (drinking), from *peh₃- (to drink). By surface analysis, प्र- (pra-) +‎ पा (, to drink, root).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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प्रपा (prapā́) stemf

  1. a reservoir of drinking water; a roadside shed for supplying travellers with drinking water; a place for cattle to drink water; a fountain or cistern of drinking water
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.4.1:
      धन्व॑न्निव प्र॒पा अ॑सि॒ त्वम॑ग्न इय॒क्षवे॑ पू॒रवे॑ प्रत्न राजन् ॥
      dhánvanniva prapā́ asi tvámagna iyakṣáve pūráve pratna rājan.
      Like a fountain in the desert art thou, Agni, O Ancient King, to man who fain would worship.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 3.30.6:
      समानी प्रपा सह वोऽन्नभागः समाने योक्त्रे सह वो युनज्मि ।
      सम्यञ्चोऽग्निं सपर्यतारा नाभिमिवाभितः ॥
      samānī prapā saha voʼnnabhāgaḥ samāne yoktre saha vo yunajmi.
      samyañcoʼgniṃ saparyatārā nābhimivābhitaḥ.
      Let your cistern of drinking water, your share of food be common together; with one common bond I bind you.
      Serve Agni, gathered round him like the spokes about the chariot nave.

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रपा (prapā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रपा
prapā́
प्रपे
prapé
प्रपाः
prapā́ḥ
Vocative प्रपे
prápe
प्रपे
prápe
प्रपाः
prápāḥ
Accusative प्रपाम्
prapā́m
प्रपे
prapé
प्रपाः
prapā́ḥ
Instrumental प्रपया / प्रपा¹
prapáyā / prapā́¹
प्रपाभ्याम्
prapā́bhyām
प्रपाभिः
prapā́bhiḥ
Dative प्रपायै
prapā́yai
प्रपाभ्याम्
prapā́bhyām
प्रपाभ्यः
prapā́bhyaḥ
Ablative प्रपायाः / प्रपायै²
prapā́yāḥ / prapā́yai²
प्रपाभ्याम्
prapā́bhyām
प्रपाभ्यः
prapā́bhyaḥ
Genitive प्रपायाः / प्रपायै²
prapā́yāḥ / prapā́yai²
प्रपयोः
prapáyoḥ
प्रपाणाम्
prapā́ṇām
Locative प्रपायाम्
prapā́yām
प्रपयोः
prapáyoḥ
प्रपासु
prapā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

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  • Pali: papā
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀯𑀸 (pavā)
    • Central:
      • Hindi: पौ (pau, roadside shed supplying drinking water)
    • Northern:
    • Northwestern: