Русско-санскритский словарь / русско-санскритский словарь.
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इव [ iva ] [ iva ] ind. ( fr. pronominal base 3. [ i ] ) , like , in the same manner as ( in this sense = [ yathā ] , and used correlatively to [ tathā ] )
as it were , as if (e.g. [ patheva ] , 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 ] , almost an hour)
so , just so , just , exactly , indeed , very (especially after words which involve some restriction e.g. [ īṣad iva ] , just a little ; [ kiṃcid iva ] , just a little bit: and after a negation e.g. [ na cirād iva ] , very soon) . [ iva ] is connected vaguely , and somewhat pleonastically , with an interrogative pronoun or adverb (e.g. [ kim iva ] , what? [ katham iva ] , how could that possibly be? [ kveva ] , where , I should like to know?) . In the Pada texts of the Ṛig , Yajur , and Atharva-veda , and by native grammarians , [ iva ] is considered to be enclitic , and therefore compounded with the word after which it stands Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit.