एव

Sanskrit

एव • (éva) (Vedic áiva)

so, just so
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
indeed, truly
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
just, exactly, as; alone, only
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
an emphatic particle

In later Sanskrit, एवम् (evám) replaces these senses of एव (éva).

From the root इ (i, “to go”).

एव • (éva) (Vedic áiva)

एव • (éva) m (Vedic áiva)

Masculine a-stem declension of एव (éva)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	एवः évaḥ	एवौ évau	एवाः / एवासः¹ évāḥ / évāsaḥ¹
Vocative	एव éva	एवौ évau	एवाः / एवासः¹ évāḥ / évāsaḥ¹
Accusative	एवम् évam	एवौ évau	एवान् évān
Instrumental	एवेन évena	एवाभ्याम् évābhyām	एवैः / एवेभिः¹ évaiḥ / évebhiḥ¹
Dative	एवाय évāya	एवाभ्याम् évābhyām	एवेभ्यः évebhyaḥ
Ablative	एवात् évāt	एवाभ्याम् évābhyām	एवेभ्यः évebhyaḥ
Genitive	एवस्य évasya	एवयोः évayoḥ	एवानाम् évānām
Locative	एवे éve	एवयोः évayoḥ	एवेषु éveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899), “एव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 232.

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