Contents

 

√ 1 kṛt, “cut”

3 kṛ

1 kṛt

2 kṛt

Present

I. kartati etc. E

VI. kṛntáti etc. V.+,-te etc. B.E

Passive

kṛtyáte etc. AV.+

Future

Simple Future: kartayati AV.; kartiṣyati C

Periphrastic Future: kartitā

Aorist

Th Ao: ákṛtas RV. (kṛtant- RV.)

RAo: acīkṛtas TB. acakartat

-iṣ-Ao: kartīs B

Perfect

cakarta etc. (cakartitha, cakartus) V.+, cakartire E

Causative

kartayati etc. S.+, kṛntayati LŚS

Intensive

carīkṛt-

Desiderative

cikartiṣa- (in d.) cikṛtsa-

Verbal Nouns

PPP: kṛttá V.+; 1Abs: -kṛ́tya V.+;-kártam ŚB

Derivatives

kartá V.+

 

-kartin C.

 

kṛ́tā RV.

 

kṛntana S.+

 

gárta ? B.+

 

karttavya E.

 

kṛtí RV.

 

kṛntátra V.B.

 

kartya C.

 

-karttṛ E.+

 

kṛ́tti ? V.+

 

cikartiṣā C.

 

kartana V.+

 

kartarī̆ C.

 

-kṛnta B.

 

cikartiṣu C.

 

 

Saṃskṛtatrá V1. is doubtless not referable to this root.

Meanings

kṛntáti kṛntáte 1 v (kartati), PPP kṛttá cut, cut off, cleave, split, divide, destroy. Caus. kartayati (kṛntayati) the same.

 

apa &

api cut off.

ava cut off, destroy. Caus. cause to be gashed.

ud cut out or off, carve, tear asunder, destroy.

ni cut or hew down, cut or tear off; Ā cut one's self (e.g. the nails). Caus. cause to be cut.

pari cut round, clip, cut off, exclude from (Ab).

pra cut off or asunder.

vi the same, tear to pieces, lacerate, destroy. Caus. the same.

sam cut etc. (together).