# शी
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শী (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬷ (Balinese script)
* শী (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ၐီ (Burmese script)
* શી (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಶೀ (Kannada script)
* ឝី (Khmer script)
* ຨີ (Lao script)
* ശീ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଶୀ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖱 (Siddham script)
* ශී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚯 (Takri script)
* ஶீ (Tamil script)
* శీ (Telugu script)
* ศี (Thai script)
* ཤཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-.

#### Alternative forms

* शय् (śay)

#### Root

शी • (śī)
* to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose

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

* शेते (śéte, Present)
* शयति (śáyati, Present)
* शयीत (śayīta, Optative Mood)
* शयिष्यते (śayiṣyáte, Future)
* शेष्यते (śeṣyáte, Future)
* शयिता (śayitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अशयिष्ट (áśayiṣṭa, Aorist)
* शिश्ये (śiśye, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* शय्यते (śayyáte, Passive)
* अशायि (áśāyi, Passive Aorist)
* शाययति (śāyáyati, Causative)
* अशीशयत् (áśīśayat, Causative Aorist)
* शिशयिषते (śiśayiṣate, Desiderative)
* शाशय्यते (śāśayyate, Intensive)
* शेशेति (śeśeti, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* शयित (śayita, Past Participle)
* शयितुम् (śayitum, Infinitive)
* शयित्वा (śayitvā́, Gerund)
* शय्य (śayya, Gerund)
* शयितव्य (śayitavya, Gerundive)
* शयनीय (śayanīya, Gerundive)
* शिशयिषु (śiśayiṣu, Desiderative Participle)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* शय (śaya)
* शी (śī)
* शया (śayā)
* शयिन् (śayin)
* शय्या (śayyā)
* शायक (śāyaka)
* शयन (śayana)
* शयु (śayú)
* शयथ (śayatha)
* शीथ (śītha)
* शीम (śīma)
* शयालु (śayālu)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अतिशी (atiśī)
* अधिशी (adhiśī)
* अनुशी (anuśī)
* अभिशी (abhiśī)
* आशी (āśī)
* उच्छी (ucchī)
* उपशी (upaśī)
* निःशी (niḥśī)
* परिशी (pariśī)
* प्रतिशी (pratiśī)
* संशी (saṃśī)

#### Adjective

शी • (śī) stem (root शी)
* (at the end of a compound) lying, resting

##### Declension
#### Noun

शी • (śī) stem, f (root शी)
* sleep, repose
* devotion, tranquility

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Of unclear origin. The root has been brought into a suppletive relationship with शत् (śat, “to hew”) and शद् (śad, “to fall, fall off”), with older theories entertaining a possible relation with either root, particularly शत् (śat), but this is uncertain. Other theories linking the root to श्यै (śyai, “to congeal, freeze”) have caused controversy.

#### Alternative forms

* शीय् (śīy)

#### Root

शी • (śī)
* to fall out or away, disappear, vanish

##### Derived terms

* शीयते (śīyate)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1077, column 1.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 613-4; 642
* ↑ William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 174
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 642; 643
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 350
* ↑ William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 173