ग्रस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গ্ৰস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕ᭄ᬭᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গ্রস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂြသ် (Burmese script)
• ગ્રસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਰਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦿꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗ್ರಸ್ (Kannada script)
• គ្រស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗ്രസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗ୍ରସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔ꣄ꢬꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ග්‍රස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்³ரஸ் (Tamil script)
• గ్రస్ (Telugu script)
• คฺรสฺ (Thai script)
• གྲ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐs̪/

Root

ग्रस् • (gras)

1. to swallow, devour, seize with the mouth
2. to eat, consume
3. to eclipse

Derived terms

• ग्रसित (grasitá, ta-ptc.)
• ग्रासयति (grāsáyati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0371.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ग्रस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 040
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ग्रस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0404, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0404
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 255