प्यास लगना (pyaas lagnaa)
verb
A single-sense compound verb meaning 'to feel thirsty', built from the noun प्यास (pyaas, 'thirst') plus लगना (lagnaa); grammatically parallel to भूख लगना (bhookh lagnaa) and नींद आना (niind aanaa).
Sense
1
:
to feel thirsty
verb, intransitive The experiencer takes को (ko): मुझे प्यास लगी है (mujhe pyaas lagii hai, 'I am/have become thirsty'). प्यास (pyaas) is the grammatical subject and लगना (lagnaa) agrees with it (feminine).
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Like भूख लगना (bhookh lagnaa) for hunger, Hindi treats thirst as something that 'attaches itself to' you rather than a state you actively are in -- the body is the site where the sensation lands, not the agent producing it. This dative-subject frame is one of the most useful patterns for talking naturally about physical sensations in Hindi.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to say 'I feel thirsty' with मैं (main) as subject and a form of होना (honaa), producing something unnatural like मैं प्यासा हूँ (main pyaasaa hoon) when they mean the momentary sensation -- native speakers overwhelmingly reach for मुझे प्यास लगी है (mujhe pyaas lagii hai) instead. 2) Since प्यास (pyaas) is feminine, the verb must agree with it, not with the को-marked experiencer -- learners sometimes wrongly default to masculine agreement.
Sample Sentences:
गर्मी में चलते-चलते उसे प्यास लगने लगी।
Walking in the heat, he started feeling thirsty.
(garmii men chalte-chalte use pyaas lagne lagii।)
Listen: M85
क्या तुम्हें प्यास लग रही है?
Are you feeling thirsty?
(kyaa tumhen pyaas lag rahii hai?)
Listen: F85
मसालेदार खाना खाने के बाद सबको प्यास लगती है।
Everyone feels thirsty after eating spicy food.
(masaaledaar khaanaa khaane ke baad sabko pyaas lagtii hai।)
Listen: F85
अगर तुम्हें प्यास लगे तो बता देना।
If you feel thirsty, let me know.
(agar tumhen pyaas lage to bataa denaa।)
Listen: F85
पानी साथ रख लो, रास्ते में प्यास लगेगी।
Keep some water with you, you'll get thirsty on the way.
(paanii saath rakh lo, raaste men pyaas lagegii।)
Listen: M85
अगर पानी होता तो इतनी प्यास न लगती।
If there had been water, I wouldn't have felt so thirsty.
(agar paanii hotaa to itnii pyaas n lagtii।)
Listen: F85
बच्चे को दौड़ते-दौड़ते बहुत प्यास लग आई।
The child got very thirsty after all that running.
(bachche ko daudte-daudte bahut pyaas lag aaii।)
Listen: M85
जब से बुखार आया है, उसे बार-बार प्यास लगती रहती है।
Ever since the fever came, she keeps feeling thirsty again and again.
(jab se bukhaar aayaa hai, use baar-baar pyaas lagtii rahtii hai।)
Listen: F85
प्यास लगने पर पानी न मिले तो बड़ी तकलीफ होती है।
It's very distressing if you don't get water when you're thirsty.
(pyaas lagne par paanii n mile to badii takliiph hotii hai।)
Listen: M85
थोड़ा रुक, प्यास तो लगने दे, फिर खाना खाएँगे।
Wait a bit, let me actually get thirsty, then we'll eat.
(thodaa ruk, pyaas to lagne de, phir khaanaa khaaenge।)
Listen: F85
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
प्यास लगना
(pyaas lagnaa)
infinitive oblique:
प्यास लगने
(pyaas lagne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
प्यास लगता
(pyaas lagtaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
प्यास लगते
(pyaas lagte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
प्यास लगती
(pyaas lagtii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
प्यास लगतीं
(pyaas lagtiin)
continuous (sg.m):
प्यास लग रहा
(pyaas lag rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
प्यास लग रहे
(pyaas lag rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
प्यास लग रही
(pyaas lag rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
प्यास लग रहीं
(pyaas lag rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
प्यास लगा
(pyaas lagaa)
perfective (pl.m):
प्यास लगे
(pyaas lage)
perfective (sg.f):
प्यास लगी
(pyaas lagii)
perfective (pl.f):
प्यास लगीं
(pyaas lagiin)
imperative (informal):
प्यास लग
(pyaas lag)
imperative (neutral):
प्यास लगो
(pyaas lago)
imperative (formal):
प्यास लगिए
(pyaas lagie)
future (1sg.m):
प्यास लगूँगा
(pyaas lagoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
प्यास लगूँगी
(pyaas lagoongii)
future (1pl.m):
प्यास लगेंगे
(pyaas lagenge)
future (1pl.f):
प्यास लगेंगी
(pyaas lagengii)
future (2sg.m):
प्यास लगेगा
(pyaas lagegaa)
future (2sg.f):
प्यास लगेगी
(pyaas lagegii)
future (2pl.m):
प्यास लगोगे
(pyaas lagoge)
future (2pl.f):
प्यास लगोगी
(pyaas lagogii)
future (3sg.m):
प्यास लगेगा
(pyaas lagegaa)
future (3sg.f):
प्यास लगेगी
(pyaas lagegii)
future (3pl.m):
प्यास लगेंगे
(pyaas lagenge)
future (3pl.f):
प्यास लगेंगी
(pyaas lagengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
प्यास लगूँ
(pyaas lagoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
प्यास लगें
(pyaas lagen)
subjunctive (2sg):
प्यास लगे
(pyaas lage)
subjunctive (2pl):
प्यास लगो
(pyaas lago)
subjunctive (3sg):
प्यास लगे
(pyaas lage)
subjunctive (3pl):
प्यास लगें
(pyaas lagen)