हृष्यति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• হৃষ্যতি (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬺᬱ᭄ᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• হৃষ্যতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰴𑰬𑰿𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဟၖၑျတိ (Burmese script)
• હૃષ્યતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਹ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦽꦰꦾꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑃂𑂭𑂹𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೃಷ್ಯತಿ (Kannada script)
• ហ្ឫឞ្យតិ (Khmer script)
• ຫ຺ຣິຩ຺ຍຕິ (Lao script)
• ഹൃഷ്യതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡵᡳᢢᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘵𑘬𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠷᠢᢔᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧖𑧌𑧠𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐺𑐲𑑂𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ହୃଷ୍ଯତି (Odia script)
• ꢲꢺꢰ꣄ꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆸𑆰𑇀𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖴𑖬𑖿𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• හෘෂ්‍යති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩙𑪀 𑪙𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚶𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஹ்ரிஷ்யதி (Tamil script)
• హృష్యతి (Telugu script)
• หฺฤษฺยติ (Thai script)
• ཧྲྀ་ཥྱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒵𑒭𑓂𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨼𑨉𑨯𑩇𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰṛṣyáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥šyáti, from From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-yé-ti, ye-present of *ǵʰers- (“to stand on end”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦr̩ʂ.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦr̩ʂ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

हृष्यति • (hṛṣyati) third-singular present indicative (root हृष्, class 4, type P, present)

1. thrills with rapture, rejoices, exults, is glad or pleased
   • PārGṛ
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
2. become sexually excited
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
3. become erect or stiff or rigid, bristle (said of the hairs of the body), become on edge (like the teeth)
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Conjugation

Present: हृष्यति (hṛṣyati)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	हृष्यति hṛṣyati	हृष्यतः hṛṣyataḥ	हृष्यन्ति hṛṣyanti	- -	- -	- -
Second	हृष्यसि hṛṣyasi	हृष्यथः hṛṣyathaḥ	हृष्यथ hṛṣyatha	- -	- -	- -
First	हृष्यामि hṛṣyāmi	हृष्यावः hṛṣyāvaḥ	हृष्यामः hṛṣyāmaḥ	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	हृष्यतु hṛṣyatu	हृष्यताम् hṛṣyatām	हृष्यन्तु hṛṣyantu	- -	- -	- -
Second	हृष्य hṛṣya	हृष्यतम् hṛṣyatam	हृष्यत hṛṣyata	- -	- -	- -
First	हृष्याणि hṛṣyāṇi	हृष्याव hṛṣyāva	हृष्याम hṛṣyāma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	हृष्येत् hṛṣyet	हृष्येताम् hṛṣyetām	हृष्येयुः hṛṣyeyuḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	हृष्येः hṛṣyeḥ	हृष्येतम् hṛṣyetam	हृष्येत hṛṣyeta	- -	- -	- -
First	हृष्येयम् hṛṣyeyam	हृष्येव hṛṣyeva	हृष्येम hṛṣyema	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	हृष्यत् hṛṣyat			- -

Imperfect: अहृष्यत् (áhṛṣyat)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अहृष्यत् áhṛṣyat	अहृष्यताम् áhṛṣyatām	अहृष्यन् áhṛṣyan	- -	- -	- -
Second	अहृष्यः áhṛṣyaḥ	अहृष्यतम् áhṛṣyatam	अहृष्यत áhṛṣyata	- -	- -	- -
First	अहृष्यम् áhṛṣyam	अहृष्याव áhṛṣyāva	अहृष्याम áhṛṣyāma	- -	- -	- -

Descendants

• Pali: hassati (“is glad”) (collides with descendants of हस् (has, “to laugh”))
• Gujarati: હિસવું (hisvũ)

References

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*g̑ʰers-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 179
• Monier Williams (1899) “हृष्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1303.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hŕ̥ṣyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press