Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dyu द्यु – heaven

verbal root · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified · verb

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

dyú3 ·(nom. sgl. dyaús) m. sky, heaven (also f.), the god of heaven; day (also n.); light, fire-flame (only instr. pl. dyúbhis). --dyā́vā m. du. heaven and earth or day and night. ánu dyū́n & dyávi dyavi day by day. abhí dyū́n in the course of the days, in a long time. úpa dyúbhis by day & = prec.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

dyú ·-> div3.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified · verb

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dyu 3 . dyu, us, m. (connected with 3. div, q. v.), a N. of Agni or fire; (u), n. a day, bright- ness; heaven, sky, ether, paradise; dyu is the form of 3. div, used before terminations beginning with consonants and in comp., see 3. div; dyubhis = upa-dyubhis, in the course of days, in the course of time; [cf. Lat. nu-diu-s; Hib. an-diu, ‘to-day.’]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

dyu 2 . dyu, sharpness, in a-dyu, q. v.

Original text · English · verb

dyu 1 . dyu, cl. 2. P. dyauti, dudyāva, dyoṣyati, adyauṣīt, dyotum, to advance towards or against, approach, assail, attack; [cf. didyu, rt. 2. div.]

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

1. dyu , dyauti losfahren auf, angreifen DHĀTUP. 24,31. siṃho magamiva dyuvan BHAṬṬ. 6,118. dudyuvuḥ — raṇe bhaṭāḥ BHAṬṬ. 14,101. — Die Form adyaut, welche WEST. hieher stellt, ziehen wir zu dyut.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. dyu Himmel, Tag, Helle, Feuer s. u. 3. div.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

3. dyu Schärfe in adyu; vgl. didyu, didyut.

Böhtlingk 1879 verbal root · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · verbal root

1. √dyu , dyauti losfahren auf, angreifen BHAṬṬ. — Mit pra, ˚dyauti als Umschreibung von iyaspate SĀY. zu ŚAT. BR. 2,2,3,10.

Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

3. dív, dyú, diú (Nom. Sg. von dyo) — 1〉 m. f. der Himmel. divaṃ gam oder yā zum Himmel gehen; auch so v. a. Sterben. — 2〉 m. n. (spät) Tag. [Page3-088-c] ánu dyū́n Tag für Tag, täglich; abhí dyūn im Laufe der Tage, lange Zeit; dyubhi; und úpa dyúbhi; bei Tage und im Laufe der Tage, lange Zeit. Nach den Lexicographen. Nom. dyus. — 3〉 m. — a〉 Helle, Glanz. Nur Instr. Pl. dyúbhis. — b〉 Feuersglut. Nur Instr. Pl. dyúbhis. Nach den Lexicographen Feuer (Nom.) dyus — 4〉 f. als Personification eine Tochter Prajāpatiʼs.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

2. dyú — 1〉 m. (*n.) Himmel. Zu belegen nur dyós, dyuvi, dyū́n und dyúbhis; die beiden ersten Formen könnten auch zu dyó gehören. — 2〉 m. n. Tag. Zu belegen dieselben Formen wie bei 1〉 und dyūni. — 3〉 m. — a〉 Helle, heller Schein, Glanz, Feuersglut. Zu belegen nur dyúbhis. — b〉 N. pr. eines Vasu. Zu belegen nur dyave MBH. 1,99,15.

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

Original text · English · verbal root

dyu — attack

Apte 1890 verbal root · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · verbal root

dyu 2 P. (dyauti) To advance towards, encounter, attack, assail; Bk. 6. 118, Bk. 14. 101.

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

dyu n. 1 A day. 2 The sky. 3 Brightness. 4 Heaven. 5 Sharpness; cf. adyu. — m. Fire. (dyu is a substitute for div f. before terminations beginning with consonants and in compounds). Comp. — gaḥ a bird. — caraḥ 1 a planet. 2 a bird. — jayaḥ attainment or gaining of heaven. — dalaḥ noon. — dhuniḥ f., — nadī the heavenly Ganges. — nivāsaḥ a deity, god; śokāgninā'gād dyunivāsabhūyaṃ Bk. 3. 21. — nivāsin m. 1 a deity. 2 a virtuous man. — patiḥ 1 the sun. 2 an epithet of Indra. — maṇiḥ the sun. — yoṣit f. an apsaras. — lokaḥ heaven. — ṣad, -sad m. 1 a god, deity; Śi. 1. 43. 2 a planet. — sarit f. the Ganges.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dyú m. s. 3. div.

Burnouf 1866 verbal root · substantive neuter

Original text · French · verbal root

*dyu dyu. dyaumi 2; p. dudyāva; f2. dyoṣyāmi; a1. adyoṣam. Vd. briller, cf. div. Aborder; attaquer, cf. dru.

Original text · French · substantive neuter

dyu dyu n. jour; ciel, éther. Paradis. — M. surn. d'Agni. Lat. diu, ju dans Jupiter.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 3.1-3.4: The One Rudra 1 occurrence

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