iva | इव | iva
iva | इव | ind. (fr. pronominal base 3. i), like, in the same manner as (in this sense = yaṭā | यटा |, and used correlatively to taṭā | तटा |)
as it were, as if (e.g. paṭeva | पटेव |, as if on a path)
in a certain manner, in some measure, a little, perhaps (in qualification or mitigation of a strong assertion)
nearly, almost, about (e.g. muhūrtam iva | मुहूर्तम् इव |, almost an hour)
so, just so, just, exactly, indeed, very (especially after words which involve some restriction, e.g. īśad iva | ईशद् इव |, just a little; kiṃcid iva | किंचिद् इव |, just a little bit: and after a negation, e.g. na cirād iva | न चिराद् इव |, very soon). iva | इव | is connected vaguely, and somewhat pleonastically, with an interrogative pronoun or adverb (e.g. kim iva | किम् इव |, what? kaṭam iva | कटम् इव |, how could that possibly be? kveva | क्वेव |, where, I should like to know?). In the Pada texts of the Ṛg, Yajur, and Atharva-veda, and by native grammarians, iva | इव | is considered to be enclitic, and therefore compounded with the word after which it stands, RV.; AV.; &c.
as it were, as if (e.g. paṭeva | पटेव |, as if on a path)
in a certain manner, in some measure, a little, perhaps (in qualification or mitigation of a strong assertion)
nearly, almost, about (e.g. muhūrtam iva | मुहूर्तम् इव |, almost an hour)
so, just so, just, exactly, indeed, very (especially after words which involve some restriction, e.g. īśad iva | ईशद् इव |, just a little; kiṃcid iva | किंचिद् इव |, just a little bit: and after a negation, e.g. na cirād iva | न चिराद् इव |, very soon). iva | इव | is connected vaguely, and somewhat pleonastically, with an interrogative pronoun or adverb (e.g. kim iva | किम् इव |, what? kaṭam iva | कटम् इव |, how could that possibly be? kveva | क्वेव |, where, I should like to know?). In the Pada texts of the Ṛg, Yajur, and Atharva-veda, and by native grammarians, iva | इव | is considered to be enclitic, and therefore compounded with the word after which it stands, RV.; AV.; &c.