# सृप्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সৃপ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬺᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
* সৃপ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰴𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀾𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* သၖပ် (Burmese script)
* સૃપ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਰਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍃𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦽꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑃂𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಸೃಪ್ (Kannada script)
* ស្ឫប៑ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ຣິປ຺ (Lao script)
* സൃപ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡵᡳᢒ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘵𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠷᠢᢒ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧖𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐺𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
* ସୃପ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢺꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆸𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖴𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
* සෘප් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩙𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஸ்ரிப் (Tamil script)
* సృప్ (Telugu script)
* สฺฤปฺ (Thai script)
* སྲྀ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒵𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨼𑨉𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sarp-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarp-, from Proto-Indo-European *serp- (“to creep, crawl”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕρπω (hérpō, “creep, crawl”) whence ἕρπης (hérpēs), Proto-Albanian *serpena, Latin serpō whence serpēns (“serpent”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sr̩p/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪r̩p/

### Root

सृप् • (sṛp)
* to creep, crawl, glide, slink
* to move gently or cautiously
* to slip into

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* सर्प॑ति (sárpati, Present)
* सर्पते (sarpate, Present)
* सर्प्स्यति (sarpsyati, Future)
* स्रप्स्यति (srapsyati, Future)
* सर्प्ता (sarptā, Periphrastic Future)
* स्रप्ता (sraptā, Periphrastic Future)
* असृप्त (asṛpta, Aorist)
* असृप्त (asṛpta, Aorist)
* असार्प्सीत् (asārpsīt, Aorist)
* अस्राप्सीत् (asrāpsīt, Aorist)
* ससर्प (sasarpa, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* सर्पयति (sarpayati, Causative)
* सिसृ॑प्सति (sísṛpsati, Desiderative)
* सरीसृप्यते (sarīsṛpyate, Intensive)
* सरीसर्प्ति (sarīsarpti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* सर्पितुम् (sarpitum, Infinitive)
* सर्प्तुम् (sarptum, Infinitive)
* स्रप्तुम् (sraptum, Infinitive)
* सृप्त्वा (sṛptvā, Gerund)
* सृप्य॑ (sṛ́pya, Gerund)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* स॒र्प (sarpá)
* सृ॒प्र (sṛprá)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सृप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 190
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सृप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सृप्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 400
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 536
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0912”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0912