मुच्

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mut͡ɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mut͡ɕ/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-

Sanskrit मुच् (muc)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mawk-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)mawk-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to release, slip”).

Root

मुच् • (muc)

1. to free, liberate

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मुच् (0 c, 13 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मुच् (8 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• मुञ्चति (muñcáti, Present)
• मोक्ष्यति (mokṣyáti, Future)
• मोक्ता (moktā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अमोक् (ámok, Aorist)
• अमुचत् (ámucat, Aorist)
• अमौक् (ámauk, Aorist)
• मुमोच (mumóca, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• मुच्यते (mucyáte, Passive)
• मुच्यति (mucyati, Passive)
• अमोचि (ámoci, Passive Aorist)
• मोचयति (mocáyati, Causative)
• अमूमुचत् (ámūmucat, Causative Aorist)
• मुमुक्षति (mumukṣati, Desiderative)
• मुमोचयिषति (mumocayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
• मोमुच्यते (momucyate, Intensive)
• मोमोक्ति (momokti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• मुक्त (muktá, Past Participle)
• मोक्तुम् (móktum, Infinitive)
• मोकम् (mókam, Infinitive)
• मुक्त्वा (muktvā́, Gerund)
• मुच्य (múcya, Gerund)
• मोच्य (mocya, Gerundive)
• मोक्तव्य (moktavya, Gerundive)
• मोचनीय (mocanīya, Gerundive)
• मोचयितव्य (mocayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
• मुमुक्षु (mumukṣú, Desiderative Participle)
• मुमोचयिषु (mumocayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• मुक्ति (múkti)
• मुच् (muc)
• मुच (muca)
• मुचि (muci)
• मुची (mucī)
• मुचु (mucu)
• मुच्यु (mucyu)
• मुमुक्षा (mumukṣā)
• मुमुचु (mumucu)
• मोक (moka)
• मोकी (mokī)
• मोक्तृ (moktṛ)
• मोक्य (mokya)
• मोच (moca)
• मोचक (mocaka)
• मोचन (mocana)
• मोचयितृ (mocayitṛ)
• मोचिन् (mocin)

See also

• मोक्ष् (mokṣ)

Adjective

मुच् • (muc) stem

1. freeing or delivering (from)
2. letting go or letting fall, dropping, discharging, shooting, sending

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of मुच् (muc)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुक् muk	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Vocative	मुक् muk	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Accusative	मुचम् mucam	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Instrumental	मुचा mucā	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भिः mugbhiḥ
Dative	मुचे muce	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भ्यः mugbhyaḥ
Ablative	मुचः mucaḥ	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भ्यः mugbhyaḥ
Genitive	मुचः mucaḥ	मुचोः mucoḥ	मुचाम् mucām
Locative	मुचि muci	मुचोः mucoḥ	मुक्षु mukṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine root-stem declension of मुच् (muc)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुक् muk	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Vocative	मुक् muk	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Accusative	मुचम् mucam	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Instrumental	मुचा mucā	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भिः mugbhiḥ
Dative	मुचे muce	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भ्यः mugbhyaḥ
Ablative	मुचः mucaḥ	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भ्यः mugbhyaḥ
Genitive	मुचः mucaḥ	मुचोः mucoḥ	मुचाम् mucām
Locative	मुचि muci	मुचोः mucoḥ	मुक्षु mukṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter root-stem declension of मुच् (muc)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुक् muk	मुची mucī	मुञ्चि muñci
Vocative	मुक् muk	मुची mucī	मुञ्चि muñci
Accusative	मुक् muk	मुची mucī	मुञ्चि muñci
Instrumental	मुचा mucā	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भिः mugbhiḥ
Dative	मुचे muce	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भ्यः mugbhyaḥ
Ablative	मुचः mucaḥ	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भ्यः mugbhyaḥ
Genitive	मुचः mucaḥ	मुचोः mucoḥ	मुचाम् mucām
Locative	मुचि muci	मुचोः mucoḥ	मुक्षु mukṣu

Noun

मुच् • (muc) stem, f

1. deliverance

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of मुच् (muc)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुक् muk	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Vocative	मुक् muk	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Accusative	मुचम् mucam	मुचौ / मुचा¹ mucau / mucā¹	मुचः mucaḥ
Instrumental	मुचा mucā	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भिः mugbhiḥ
Dative	मुचे muce	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भ्यः mugbhyaḥ
Ablative	मुचः mucaḥ	मुग्भ्याम् mugbhyām	मुग्भ्यः mugbhyaḥ
Genitive	मुचः mucaḥ	मुचोः mucoḥ	मुचाम् mucām
Locative	मुचि muci	मुचोः mucoḥ	मुक्षु mukṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

See मच् (mac).

Root

मुच् • (muc)

1. Alternative form of मच् (mac, “to cheat, deceive”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मुच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 820/3, 821/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 122
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 360; 382