The corpus record — Sanskrit

klībā

schiefbeinig

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Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. klibä-

klibä- Adj, entmannt, unvermögend, m. Eunuch (AV +; Variante kliva-, s.u.); klaibya- n. männliches Unvermögen (TS +). - Pkt. kiva- unmännlich. - Nicht befriedigend erklärt. Lit klibas 'schiefbeinig’ (s AiGr 11 2,745, mit Lit ) steht im Zusam menhang einer baltischen Wortsippe; isolierte Gleichsetzung mit ved. k° empfiehlt sich nicht (Fraenkel 268a). - Weitere Deutungen sind nicht überzeugend (Lit. in KEWA 1283, … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. klibä-, p. 473]

2. كلِب

klib f. ( v.l. , kḷb; √ kḷp?) accomplishment [‘the created world’, Sāy. ] VS. xl, 15 ; ŚBr. xiv, 8, 3, 1.

3. klīb

klīb cl. 1. Ā. klibate, to be impotent, behave like a eunuch, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 11 ; Pat. ; to be timorous or modest or unassuming, Dhātup. x, 18 : cl. 10. Ā. klībayate, to be unmanly or timorous, MBh. vi, 4334 ( v.l. ), Kathās. civ, 126.

4. klība

klība mf(ā)n. ( Pāṇ. iii, 1, 11 , Vārtt. 3) impotent, emasculated, a eunuch, AV. ; VS. ; TS. ; ŚBr. ; Mn. &c.

5. klība

unmanly, timorous, weak, idle, a coward, MBh. ; Mṛcch. ; BhP. &c.

6. klība

having no water (as a cloud), Daś.

In the wild

klībā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_6,1.12

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. klib (vol. 1, scan pp. 472-473; entry #5237).

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