Contents

 

√ 1 iṣ, ich, “seek, desire”

il

1 iṣ, ich

2 iṣ

Present

I.-eṣati -te etc. E.+

IV.-iṣyati E.+

VI. icháti -te etc. V.+ -iṣa -iṣant E.+

Passive

iṣyate etc. E.+,-ti E

Future

Simple Future: eṣiṣyati etc. B.,-te B

Periphrastic Future: eṣitā, eṣṭā

Aorist

RAo: aiṣiṣat

-iṣ-Ao: aiṣīt aiṣiṣus etc. B.U

Perfect

iyeṣa īṣús, īṣe īṣire etc. B.+

Causative

eṣayati etc., eṣita C. (ichayāmi R1.)

Desiderative

eṣiṣiṣa-

Verbal Nouns

PPP: iṣṭá V.+; Inf: éṣṭum B.+,-ṭavaí ŚB. eṣitum B.; 1Abs: iṣitvā, iṣṭvā;

2 Abs: -íṣya V.+

Derivatives

-ichaka E.+

 

iṣirá V.B.

 

eṣaka E.

 

éṣaṇā B.+

 

ichā E.+

 

iṣṭí V.B.

 

eṣin AV.+

 

eṣaṇīya C.

 

ichu S.+

 

iṣmín RV

 

-eṣya AB.

 

eṣṭavyà B.+

 

íṣ V.B.

 

éṣa V.+

 

eṣyà V.+

 

eṣitavya C.

 

-iṣa RV.

 

eṣá RV.

 

éṣaṇa V.+

 

-eṣṭṛ E.

 

iṣí V.

 

 

 

 

 

-eṣiṣiṣu C.

 

Compare the roots √ 2 iṣ and √ īṣ, eṣ The present-stems eṣa, iṣa, iṣya only later, unusual, and with certain prepositions.

Meanings

iccháti iccháte 2 v PPP iṣṭá (q.v.) seek, desire, like, choose; acknowledge, state, take for (2A); wish that (A & Inf or 2A); ask a thing (A) of some one (Ab or L); intend, be about or going to (Inf); w. na disagree, decline, refuse to (Inf), object to (A). P. iṣyate be liked, wanted, approved, recognised; pass for (N).

 

anu seek, search, try., strive after, wish for. Caus. anveṣayati seek, wait for (A). paryanu seek about. samanu search.

abhi seek for, strive after, exert one's self at (A); intend to (Inf).

pari look about for (A).

prati strive towards, seek after (A), receive, accept from (G); attend to, observe.

vi seek.

Cf. abhī́ṣṭa.