# स्निह्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* स्नेह् (sneh)

### Alternative scripts

* স্নিহ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬦᬶᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
* স্নিহ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰡𑰰𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀦𑀺𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* သ္နိဟ် (Burmese script)
* સ્નિહ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਨਿਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦤꦶꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂢𑂱𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ನಿಹ್ (Kannada script)
* ស្និហ៑ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ນິຫ຺ (Lao script)
* സ്നിഹ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠨᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘡𑘱𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠨᠢᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑧁𑧒𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐣𑐶𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ନିହ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢥꢶꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆤𑆴𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖡𑖰𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්නිහ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩯𑩑𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚝𑚮𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஸ்நிஹ் (Tamil script)
* స్నిహ్ (Telugu script)
* สฺนิหฺ (Thai script)
* སྣི་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒢𑒱𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨝𑨁𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). The meaning of "to love, be attached" may have evolved from a secondary meaning of snow: "to stick, remain", referring to the nature of snow, as well as "whitish bodily fluids which are compared to snow, notably snot and spit", to stick to itself. Another example in this context is semen. This offers two senses of development:
* as a simile of companionship, love: "sticking with someone"
* as a euphemism for the act of making love, involving body fluids: "sticky like snow"

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sniɦ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪n̪iɦ/

### Root

स्निह् • (snih)
* to be adhesive or sticky or glutinous or viscid or moist, to be adherent, to cling
* to be fixed upon
* to be attached to or fond of, feel affection for, love
* to make unctuous or greasy or moist
* to render pliant or subject, subdue
* to kill, slay

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

* स्निह्यति (snihyati, Present)
* स्निह्यते (snihyate, Present)
* स्नेहति (snehati, Present)
* स्नेहिष्यति (snehiṣyati, Future)
* स्नेक्ष्यति (snekṣyati, Future)
* स्नेहिता (snehitā, Periphrastic Future)
* स्नेग्धा (snegdhā, Periphrastic Future)
* स्नेढा (sneḍhā, Periphrastic Future)
* सिस्नेह (sisneha, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* स्निह्यते (snihyate, Passive)
* अस्नेहि (asnehi, Passive Aorist)
* स्ने॒हय॑ति (sneháyati, Causative)
* असिष्णिहत् (asiṣṇihat, Causative Aorist)
* सिस्नेहिषति (sisnehiṣati, Desiderative)
* सिस्निहिषति (sisnihiṣati, Desiderative)
* सिस्निक्षति (sisnikṣati, Desiderative)
* सेष्णिह्यते (seṣṇihyate, Intensive)
* सेष्णेग्धि (seṣṇegdhi, Intensive)
* सेष्णेढि (seṣṇeḍhi, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* स्निग्ध (snigdha, Past Participle)
* स्नेहनीय (snehanīya, Gerundive)
* स्नेहित (snehita, Causative Past Participle)
* स्नेह्य (snehya, Causative Gerundive)
* स्नेहयितव्य (snehayitavya, Causative Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* स्निह् (sníh)
* स्नीहन् (snīhán)
* स्नीहिति (snī́hiti)
* स्नेह (sneha)
* स्नेहक (snehaka)
* स्नेहन (snehana)
* स्नेहिति (snéhiti)
* स्नेहिन् (snehin)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* उपस्निह् (upasnih)

### Noun

स्निह् • (sníh) stem, f
* wetness, moisture

#### Declension

Grammarians also allow nominative singular on -ट (-ṭ).

### Adjective

स्निह् • (snih) stem
* loving, affectionate

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्निह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1267, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 195
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “snih”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “SNEH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 772
* ↑ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349