# मुष्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মুষ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
* মুষ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* မုၑ် (Burmese script)
* મુષ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਮੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಮುಷ್ (Kannada script)
* មុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
* ມຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
* മുഷ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
* ମୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
* මුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
* முஷ் (Tamil script)
* ముష్ (Telugu script)
* มุษฺ (Thai script)
* མུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mewsH- (“to pick up, take away”). Connected with Sanskrit मूष (mūṣa, “mouse, i.e., stealer”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /muʂ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /muʂ/

### Root

मुष् • (muṣ)
* to steal, rob, plunder, carry off
* to ravish, captivate

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

* मुष्णाति (muṣṇā́ti, Present)
* मुषति (muṣati, Present)
* मुषायति (muṣāyáti, Present)
* मोषिष्यति (moṣiṣyáti, Future)
* मोषिता (moṣitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अमोषीत् (ámoṣīt, Aorist)
* मुमोष (mumóṣa, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* मुष्यते (muṣyáte, Passive)
* अमोषि (ámoṣi, Passive Aorist)
* मोषयति (moṣáyati, Causative)
* अमूमुषत् (ámūmuṣat, Causative Aorist)
* मुमुषिषति (mumuṣiṣati, Desiderative)
* मोमुष्यते (momuṣyate, Intensive)
* मोमोष्टि (momoṣṭi, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* मुषित (muṣitá, Past Participle)
* मुष्ट (muṣṭa, Past Participle)
* मुषितुम् (muṣitum, Infinitive)
* मुषे (muṣé, Infinitive)
* मुषित्वा (muṣitvā, Gerund)
* मुष्य (múṣya, Gerund)
* मोष्य (moṣya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* मुषीवन् (muṣīván)
* मूष (mūṣa)
* मूषक (mūṣaka)
* मोष (moṣa)
* मोषण (moṣaṇa)
* मोषिन् (moṣin)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* आमुष् (āmuṣ)
* निर्मुष् (nirmuṣ)
* परिमुष् (parimuṣ)
* प्रमुष् (pramuṣ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 824, column 1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मुष्”, 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 123
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मुष्”, 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
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “muṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MOṢ (MOṢ$^I$)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 383-4
* 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 392
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 445
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “743”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 743