मुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মুষ্ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
মুষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
မုၑ် (Burmese script)
મુષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਮੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಮುಷ್ (Kannada script)
មុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ມຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
മുഷ് (Malayalam script)
ᠮᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠮᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ମୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
ꢪꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
මුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
முஷ் (Tamil script)
ముష్ (Telugu script)
มุษฺ (Thai script)
མུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mewsH- (“to pick up, take away”). Connected with Sanskrit मूष (mūṣa, “mouse, i.e., stealer”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /muʂ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /muʂ/

Root

मुष् • (muṣ)

to steal, rob, plunder, carry off
to ravish, captivate

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मुष् (0 c, 1 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मुष् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

मुष्णाति (muṣṇā́ti, Present)
मुषति (muṣati, Present)
मुषायति (muṣāyáti, Present)
मोषिष्यति (moṣiṣyáti, Future)
मोषिता (moṣitā́, Periphrastic Future)
अमोषीत् (ámoṣīt, Aorist)
मुमोष (mumóṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

मुष्यते (muṣyáte, Passive)
अमोषि (ámoṣi, Passive Aorist)
मोषयति (moṣáyati, Causative)
अमूमुषत् (ámūmuṣat, Causative Aorist)
मुमुषिषति (mumuṣiṣati, Desiderative)
मोमुष्यते (momuṣyate, Intensive)
मोमोष्टि (momoṣṭi, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

मुषित (muṣitá, Past Participle)
मुष्ट (muṣṭa, Past Participle)
मुषितुम् (muṣitum, Infinitive)
मुषे (muṣé, Infinitive)
मुषित्वा (muṣitvā, Gerund)
मुष्य (múṣya, Gerund)
मोष्य (moṣya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

मुषीवन् (muṣīván)
मूष (mūṣa)
मूषक (mūṣaka)
मोष (moṣa)
मोषण (moṣaṇa)
मोषिन् (moṣin)

Prefixed Root Forms

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 824, column 1.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मुष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 123
Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मुष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “muṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MOṢ (MOṢ^I)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 383-4
Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 392
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 445
Pokorny, Julius (1959) “743”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 743