गिर्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gŕ̥H, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gŕ̥H, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷŕ̥H, from *gʷerH- (“to praise”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡíɾ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡiɾ/

Noun

गिर् • (gír) stem, f

1. praise, hymn, song of praise, verse, invocation
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.73.1:

     पुरुदंसा पुरुतमा पुराजामर्त्या हवते अश्विना गीः॥

     purudaṃsā purutamā purājāmartyā havate aśvinā gīḥ.

     The song invoketh both Immortal Aśvins far-reaching, born of old, great Wonder workers.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of गिर् (gír)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीः gī́ḥ	गिरौ / गिरा¹ gírau / gírā¹	गिरः gíraḥ
Vocative	गीः gī́ḥ	गिरौ / गिरा¹ gírau / gírā¹	गिरः gíraḥ
Accusative	गिरम् gíram	गिरौ / गिरा¹ gírau / gírā¹	गिरः gíraḥ
Instrumental	गिरा girā́	गीर्भ्याम् gīrbhyā́m	गीर्भिः gīrbhíḥ
Dative	गिरे giré	गीर्भ्याम् gīrbhyā́m	गीर्भ्यः gīrbhyáḥ
Ablative	गिरः giráḥ	गीर्भ्याम् gīrbhyā́m	गीर्भ्यः gīrbhyáḥ
Genitive	गिरः giráḥ	गिरोः giróḥ	गिराम् girā́m
Locative	गिरि girí	गिरोः giróḥ	गीर्षु gīrṣú
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गिर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0355/1.