अस्मे

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

अस्मे m

  1. Devanagari script form of asme, which is accusative plural of अस्मन् (asman, stone)

Pronoun

अस्मे

  1. Devanagari script form of asme (us), which is an accusative plural of अहं (ahaṃ)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmáy.[1]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

अस्मे • (asmé)[2][3] (Vedic)

  1. locative/dative/genitive plural of अस्मद् (asmad)
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.66.21:
      अग्ने॒ पव॑स्व॒ स्वपा॑ अ॒स्मे वर्चः॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म् ।
      दध॑द्र॒यिं मयि॒ पोष॑म् ॥
      ágne pávasva svápā asmé várcaḥ suvī́ryam.
      dádhadrayíṃ máyi póṣam.
      Agni, who are the doer of good, pour upon us brightness and fair-offspring; may he make me wealthy and plenty.

References

  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Indo-Iranian, page 1904
  2. ^ Thomas Burrow (1973), “VI. Numerals, Pronouns, Indeclinables, §2 Pronouns”, in The Sanskrit Language, Third (Indian impression) edition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publications, published 2001, →ISBN, page 267:An earlier form of the locative, asmé, yuṣmé appears in the Vedic texts, with the peculiarity that it can be used also as dative and genitive.
  3. ^ Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)‎[1] (in German), Vol. III: Nominalflexion – Zahlwort – Pronomen, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1930, section 233, pages 469-470