# मिथ्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মিথ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬶᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
* মিথ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰰𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀺𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* မိထ် (Burmese script)
* મિથ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਿਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌿𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦶꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂱𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಿಥ್ (Kannada script)
* មិថ៑ (Khmer script)
* ມິຖ຺ (Lao script)
* മിഥ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡳᡨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘱𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠢᠲ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧒𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐶𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
* ମିଥ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢶꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆴𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖰𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
* මිථ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩑𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚮𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
* மித்² (Tamil script)
* మిథ్ (Telugu script)
* มิถฺ (Thai script)
* མི་ཐ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒱𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨁𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”) an extension of *mey- (“to exchange”). Cognate with Latin mutō whence English mutate, mutual; Latin mittō (“send”) whence English emit, mission, etc.; Proto-Slavic *mьstь (“revenge, vengeance”); English mis-, miss.
Also cf. Mitra, the Indo-Iranian god of contracts.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mitʰ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mit̪ʰ/

### Root

मिथ् • (mith)
* to unite, pair, couple
* to meet, alternate, altercate
* to dash together

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

* मेथति (methati, Present)
* मिमेथ (mimetha, Perfect)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* मिथित (mithita, Past Participle)
* मिथित्वा (mithitvā, Gerund)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* मिथति (mithatí)
* मिथस् (mithás)
* मिथुन (mithuná, “paired, forming a pair; copulation”)
* मिथू (míthū)
* मेथन (méthana)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अभिमिथ् (abhimith)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मिथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 816, column 3.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मिथ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 120
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मिथ्”, 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
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “METH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 375-6
* 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 272
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 430
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “715”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 715