√ 3 śam, “note”

√ 2 śam

√ 3 śam

√ śal

Passive

-śamyate etc. E.+

Perfect

śemuṣī ? C

Causative

-śāmayati etc. E.+ (-śāmyate E.)

Verbal Nouns

PPP:-śāṃta S.; ²Abs:-śamya E.+

Derivatives

-śāmana S.

-śamaya C.

-śāmayitavya C.

Only with prefix ni-, except in the strange śemuṣī; hence obviously a specialization from the preceding root √ 2 śam, meaning “settle in one's mind”, or the like.

Meanings

śamayati 4 v & śāmayati w.

ni note, perceive, hear, learn. – anuni, samanuni, abhini, upani, praṇi, vini, saṃni = S.