√ āp, “obtain”

√ āñch

√ āp

√ ār

Present

V. āpnóti etc. AV.+, āpnute E

Future

Simple Future: āpsyati B.+,-te B.R

Periphrastic Future: āptā B

Aorist

√-Ao: āpyāsam AA. āpi B.+

Th Ao: ā́pat etc. V.+ (apeyam AV.)

^RAo: āpipan ŚB. (āpīpipat BAU.)

-s-Ao: āpsīs E

Causative

āpayati etc. B.+,-te etc. B. (āpipayiṣet ŚB.)

Desiderative

ī́psati etc. AV.+, īpsate etc. B.E. (aipsīt etc. B.)

Verbal Nouns

PPP: āptá V.+; Inf: ā́ptum B.+; ¹Abs: āptvā́ B.+; ²Abs: -āpya B.+

Derivatives

-āpa B.+	-āpanīya S.+	-āptṛ C.	īpsā E.+
-āpaka E.+	āpaneya U¹.	ā́pnāna ? RV.S.	-īpsin U.
-āpin U.+	āpí V.+	-āpayitavya U.C.	īpsu S.+
āpyá AV.+	ā́pti AV.+	āpayitṛ U.C.	āpipayiṣu E.
āpana V.+	āptavya U.+

To a more original form of the root (āp is perhaps ā+ ap) doubtless belong also: ápas V. apás V.B. . ápnas, apna- RV.-apta ( ?án-) RV. BR. regard apás at RV.iii.6.7 as a verb form from this simpler root.

Meanings

āpnoti v (āpnute), PPP āptá (q.v.) obtain, reach, overtake, meet with, find; acquire, win, get, beget; pervade, occupy; befall, betide. P. become filled. Caus. āpayati cause to reach or attain, bring to, let a person (A) have or feel a thing (A). Des ī́psati, te (q.v.)

anu attain.

abhi reach to, attain; Caus. accomplish.

ava reach, get at, meet, acquire, obtain, incur. samava the same.

pari reach, acquire, make up, finish.

pra reach, arrive at, come upon (A); obtain, win, get, catch, incur; befall, betide, exist, be; result or follow from a rule (also P.). Caus. cause to arrive at, bring to (2A or D of pers. & A of th.); announce, bring before the court (j.), obtain, get. anupra reach, attain, meet, follow, imitate; come, arrive. samanupra reach, attain, arrive. saṃpra reach, arrive at, come upon, obtain, win, catch. anusaṃpra = samanupra.

vi pervade, occupy, reach up to (ā).

sam reach, obtain, get, win; finish, accomplish. Caus. cause to reach or attain; achieve, finish, conclude. parisam P. be comprehended in, belong to (L).

Cf. avāpta, āpāná, parisamāpta, paryāpta, prāpta, vyāpta, samāpta, saṃprāpra.