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bhāṣ, “speak”

bhām

bhāṣ

bhās

Present

I. bhāṣate etc. B.+,-ti etc. E.+

Passive

bhāṣyate etc. E.+

Future

Simple Future: bhāṣiṣyate C

Periphrastic Future: bhāṣitā

Aorist

√-Ao: abhāṣi

RAo: ababhāṣat, abībhaṣat

-iṣ-Ao: abhāṣiṣi C

Perfect

babhāṣe etc. B.+

Causative

bhāṣayati etc. E.+,-te etc. B.E

Desiderative

bibhāṣiṣa-

Intensive

bābhāṣ-

Verbal Nouns

PPP: bhāṣita E.+; Inf: bhāṣitum U.+, bhāṣṭum E.; 1Abs: bhāṣitvā E.; 2Abs: -bhāṣya E.+

Derivatives

-bhāṣ AB.

 

bhāṣaka C.

 

bhāṣaṇa E.+

 

bhāṣitavya E.

 

-bhāṣa E.+

 

bhāṣin E.

 

-bhāṣaṇīya C.

 

bhā́ṣitṛ B.+

 

bhāṣā S.+

 

bhāṣya S.+

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related with roots √ bhā, √ bhās, √ bhan.

 

Meanings

bhāṣate v (bhāṣati), PPP bhāṣita (q.v.) speak, talk, say, tell (A of pers. & th.); name, call (2A). Caus. bhāṣayati, te cause to speak; tell, say.

 

anu call after or to (A), speak to or about (A); pronounce, confess.

apa abuse, revile.

abhi speak, say, tell (A of th. or- &- pers.), proclaim, confess.

ā speak to, address (A), converse with (saha); say, tell (1 or 2A); name, call; exclaim, promise. vyā & samā address, speak to, communicate.

pari speak to, admonish, remind, pronounce, explain, teach.

pra speak out, name, proclaim, communicate, expound, explain, converse with (A).

prati speak back, answer (A of pers. or th.); relate, communicate.

vi revile, abuse; P. admit an alternative, be optional (g.).

sam talk to, converse with (I saha), address, salute, persuade. Caus. = S.

Cf. vibhāṣita.