श्वश्रू

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (mother-in-law). Cognate with Latin socrus, Old Armenian սկեսուր (skesur), Ancient Greek ἑκυρά (hekurá).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́) stemf

  1. a mother-in-law (either the wife's or the husband's mother)
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.034.3:
      द्वेष्टि॑ श्व॒श्रूर् अप॑ जा॒या रु॑णद्धि॒ न ना॑थि॒तो वि॑न्दते मर्डि॒तार॑म् ।
      अश्व॑स्येव॒ जर॑तो॒ वस्न्य॑स्य॒ नाहं वि॑न्दामि कित॒वस्य॒ भोग॑म् ॥
      dvéṣṭi śvaśrū́r ápa jāyā́ ruṇaddhi ná nāthitó vindate marḍitā́ram.
      áśvasyeva járato vásnyasya nā́háṃ vindāmi kitavásya bhógam.
      [Due to my gambling addiction,] My wife holds me aloof; my mother-in-law hates me: the wretched man finds none to give him comfort.
      My gambling habit is like a costly horse grown old and feeble: I find no profit in it.

Declension

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Feminine ū-stem declension of श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative श्वश्रूः
śvaśrū́ḥ
श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹
śvaśrvaù / śvaśrū́¹
श्वश्र्वः / श्वश्रूः¹
śvaśrvàḥ / śvaśrū́ḥ¹
Vocative श्वश्रु
śváśru
श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹
śváśrvau / śváśrū¹
श्वश्र्वः / श्वश्रूः¹
śváśrvaḥ / śváśrūḥ¹
Accusative श्वश्रूम्
śvaśrū́m
श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹
śvaśrvaù / śvaśrū́¹
श्वश्रूः
śvaśrū́ḥ
Instrumental श्वश्र्वा
śvaśrvā́
श्वश्रूभ्याम्
śvaśrū́bhyām
श्वश्रूभिः
śvaśrū́bhiḥ
Dative श्वश्र्वै
śvaśrvaí
श्वश्रूभ्याम्
śvaśrū́bhyām
श्वश्रूभ्यः
śvaśrū́bhyaḥ
Ablative श्वश्र्वाः / श्वश्र्वै²
śvaśrvā́ḥ / śvaśrvaí²
श्वश्रूभ्याम्
śvaśrū́bhyām
श्वश्रूभ्यः
śvaśrū́bhyaḥ
Genitive श्वश्र्वाः / श्वश्र्वै²
śvaśrvā́ḥ / śvaśrvaí²
श्वश्र्वोः
śvaśrvóḥ
श्वश्रूणाम्
śvaśrū́ṇām
Locative श्वश्र्वाम्
śvaśrvā́m
श्वश्र्वोः
śvaśrvóḥ
श्वश्रूषु
śvaśrū́ṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

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