कूप
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kúHpas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kúHpas, from Proto-Indo-European *kúHp-o-s, from *kuHp- (“water vessel; hollow”). Cognate with Latin cupa, Ancient Greek κύπη (kúpē, “gap, hollow”), κύπελλον (kúpellon), Old English hyf (whence English hive).
Noun
कूप • (kū́pa) m
- a well; a hole dug in the ground as a source of water
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.105.17:
- त्रितः कूपेऽवहितो देवान्हवत ऊतये।
तच्छुश्राव बृहस्पतिः कृण्वन्नंहूरणादुरु वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी॥- tritaḥ kūpe’vahito devānhavata ūtaye.
tacchuśrāva bṛhaspatiḥ kṛṇvannaṃhūraṇāduru vittaṃ me asya rodasī. - Tṛta, when buried in the well, calls on the Gods to succour him.
That call of his Bṛhaspati heard and released him from distress. Mark this my woe, ye Earth and Heaven.
- tritaḥ kūpe’vahito devānhavata ūtaye.
- त्रितः कूपेऽवहितो देवान्हवत ऊतये।
- hole, cavity
- leather oil vessel
- cave
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कूप (kū́pa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कूपः kū́paḥ |
कूपौ kū́pau |
कूपाः / कूपासः¹ kū́pāḥ / kū́pāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कूप kū́pa |
कूपौ kū́pau |
कूपाः / कूपासः¹ kū́pāḥ / kū́pāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कूपम् kū́pam |
कूपौ kū́pau |
कूपान् kū́pān |
| Instrumental | कूपेन kū́pena |
कूपाभ्याम् kū́pābhyām |
कूपैः / कूपेभिः¹ kū́paiḥ / kū́pebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कूपाय kū́pāya |
कूपाभ्याम् kū́pābhyām |
कूपेभ्यः kū́pebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कूपात् kū́pāt |
कूपाभ्याम् kū́pābhyām |
कूपेभ्यः kū́pebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कूपस्य kū́pasya |
कूपयोः kū́payoḥ |
कूपानाम् kū́pānām |
| Locative | कूपे kū́pe |
कूपयोः kū́payoḥ |
कूपेषु kū́peṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कूप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 300/1.
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