उ 1. the fifth letter and third short vowel of the alphabet, pronounced as the
u in
full.
उ n. 2.ind. an interjection of compassion, anger,
[L.] a particle implying assent, calling, command,
[L.] उ n. 3.ind. an enclitic copula used frequently in the
वेदs;
नु (as a particle implying restriction and antithesis, generally after pronominals, prepositions, particles, and before and
सु, equivalent to) and, also, further; on the other hand (especially in connexion with a relative
e.g. य उ, he on the contrary who &c.)
इद् This particle may serve to give emphasis, like and
एव, especially after prepositions or demonstrative pronouns, in conjunction with
नु,
वै,
हि,
चिद्, &c. (
e.g. अय॑म् उ वाम् पुरुत॑मो...
जोहवीति [
[RV. iii, 62, 2] ], this very person [your worshipper] invokes you &c.) It is especially used in the figure of speech called Anaphora, and particularly when the pronouns are repeated (
e.g. त॑म् उ स्तुष इ॑न्द्रम् त॑म् गृणीषे [
[RV. ii, 20, 4] ], him I praise,
इन्द्र, him I sing). It may be used in drawing a conclusion, like the English ‘now’ (
e.g. त॑द् उ त॑था न॑ कुर्यात् [
[ŚBr. v, 2, 2, 3] ], that now he should not do in such a manner), and is frequently found in interrogative sentences (
e.g. क॑ उ त॑च् चिकेत [
[RV. i, 164, 48] ], who, I ask, should know that?)
उञ् पाणिनि calls this particle to distinguish it from the interrogative
उ. In the
पद-पाठ it is written
ऊम्.
उ In the classical language occurs only after
अथ,
न, and
किम्, with a slight modification of the sense, and often only as an expletive (See
किम्);
उ — or —
उत, on the one hand - on the other hand; partly — partly; as well — as.
उ 4.cl. 5.
P. उनोति (See
व्य्-उ,
[RV. v, 31, 1] ) :
cl. 2.
Ā. (1.
sg. उवे॑,
[RV. x, 86, 7] ) :
cl. 1.
Ā. अवते,
[Dhātup.] ;
to call to, hail;
to roar, bellow (See also
ओ-त =
आ-उत).
उ m. 5.m.N. of
शिवalso of
ब्रह्मन्,
[L.]