Lesson 40 ----- The Moon on my Head.(अस् ending words) | Lesson Index

Lesson 40. The Moon on my Head. अस् ending words

How else can i ensure that you click onto my lessons? i have to concoct titles that place me amongst the Gods.

Time to work on our अस् ending words.

The masculine nouns, which will go like चन्द्रमस् the moon, will include
दिवौकस् the one who lives in the heavens.... God,
वेधस् Brahma, the Creator,
दुर्वासस् The Rishi Durvasa,
वनौकस् The One who lives in the forest .... a Rishi.

The feminine words like उषस् ( dawn) , and अप्सरस् ( Apsara... Heavenly nymphs) are also declined like चन्द्रमस् ।

The neuter nouns, which will go like पयस् ( meaning both water and milk), will include words like

मनस् mind
शिरस् head
वचस् speech
तेजस् Brightness/ Splendour
यशस् fame
नभस्   sky
तमस् darkness
सरस्   lake
वासस् cloth
वयस्   age

Certain neuter words are declined in a slightly different manner. Our standard for this set is धनुस् meaning "a bow"... as in an arrow and bow.
Words that will be declined like it are:

आयुस् age,
चक्षुस् eye
वपुस् body

The word श्रेयस् is an adjective. It means " better than". This is declined in a different manner. The masculine will go like श्रेयस् , the feminine like नदी and the neuter like पयस् ।

कनीयस्, कनीयसी, कनीयस् ... youngest
गरीयस्, गरीयसी, गरीयस् ...... oldest
ज्यायस्, ज्यायसी, ज्यायस् ....... eldest
प्रेयस्, प्रेयसी, प्रेयस् ............... loved.

So we need to only have the masculine declined words in our Supplement.

Whenever you come across these अस् ending words, you can look up ,Supplement 30 to figure out what they mean. Our exercises will only deal with the simple, commonly used words like moon, head, mind etc.

Let us go ahead to the exercises in Lesson 40 A

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