प्लव

Etymology 1
From the root, ultimately from , + ,. Some semantic conflation with ; see Etymology 2 below.

Adjective

 * 1) swimming, floating ṠāṅkhGṛ. Suṡr.
 * 2) sloping towards, inclined Hariv. Var. Hcat. (in astrol. applied to a constellation situated in the quarter ruled by its planetary regent Var. Sch.)
 * 3) transient MuṇḍUp.

Noun

 * 1) a float, raft, boat, small ship RV. &c.

Noun

 * 1) a kind of aquatic bird (= गात्र-सम्प्लव, कारण्डव, जल-वायस, जल-काक or जल-कुक्कुट L.).
 * 2) a snare or basket of wicker-work for catching fish
 * 3) the 35th (or 9th) year in a cycle of Jupiter
 * 4) swimming; bathing (ifc. f( आ).)
 * 5) flooding, a flood, the swelling of a river
 * 6) the prolated utterance of a vowel
 * 7) protraction of a sentence through 3 or more ślóka
 * 8) sloping down or towards, slope, proclivity, inclination
 * 1) protraction of a sentence through 3 or more ślóka
 * 2) sloping down or towards, slope, proclivity, inclination
 * 1) sloping down or towards, slope, proclivity, inclination

Etymology 2
From.

Adjective

 * 1) jumping, leaping, diving, plunging, going by leaps or plunges R. (cf. comp. below)

Noun

 * 1) frog
 * 2) jump, leap; dive, plunge
 * 1) jump, leap; dive, plunge