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:
मुझे बहुत प्यास लगी है। I am very thirsty.
(mujhe bahut pyaas lagii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
गर्मी में चलते-चलते उसे प्यास लगने लगी। Walking in the heat, he started feeling thirsty.
(garmii men chalte-chalte use pyaas lagne lagii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हें प्यास लग रही है? Are you feeling thirsty?
(kyaa tumhen pyaas lag rahii hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम्हें प्यास लगे तो बता देना। If you feel thirsty, let me know.
(agar tumhen pyaas lage to bataa denaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
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)