ग्रभ्

See also: गर्भ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

ग्रह् (grah)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grabʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬡‎ (garəβ, “to seize”), English grab (a borrowing from another Germanic language).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɽɐbʱ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɽɐbʱ/

Root

ग्रभ् • (grabh)

to seize

Derived terms

अग्रभण (agrabhaṇa, “having nothing which can be grasped”)
गृभ (gṛbhá, “dwelling-place”)
गृभि (gṛ́bhi, “holding, containing”)
गृभीत (gṛbhītá, “seized”)
गृभ् (gṛbh, “grasping, seizing”)
गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”)
ग्रभ (grábha, “taking possession”)
ग्रभीतृ (grabhītṛ, “one who seizes”)
ग्राभ (grābha, ““one who seizes”, a demon causing diseases”)

References

William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 40

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