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śru, “hear”

2 śrī

śru

śruṣ

Present

II. śróṣi RV

V. śṛṇóti etc. V.+, śṛṇuté etc. V.+ (śṛṇviṣé -viré RV.)

Passive

śrūyáte etc. V.+,-ti etc. E

Future

Simple Future: śroṣyáti etc. B.+,-te E

Periphrastic Future: śrotā M

Aorist

√-Ao: áśravam -rot -ravan V.B. (śrávat -vathas etc. V.B.S.; śrudhí śrótu etc. V.B.)

Th Ao ? śruvam TA

RAo: aśuśruvat B.,-ravus RV. aśiśravat

-s-Ao: aśrauṣīt etc. B.+

Precative: śrūyā́sam etc. V.C.

Ao/Ps/3/sg: aśrāvi śrā́vi V.C

Perfect

śuśrā́va śuśruve etc. V.+ (śuśrumas U.+; śuśravat śuśrūyā́s -yā́tam áśuśravi RV.)

Causative

śrāváyati etc. V.+,-te etc. E.+ (śrāvyate etc. E.+); śraváyati etc. RV

Desiderative

śúśrūṣate etc. V.+,-ti etc. E.+ (śuśrūṣyate etc. E.+)

Intensive

śośru-

Verbal Nouns

PPP: śrutá V.+; Inf: śrotum E.+; 1Abs: śrutvā́ V.+; 2Abs: -śrútya AV.+;-śrāvam S.C

Derivatives

-śrū B.

 

-śrā́vaṇa B.S.

 

śrótra V.+

 

śuśrūṣaka E.+

 

śráva B.+

 

śrāvaṇīya E.+

 

śrāvitṛ E.

 

śuśrūṣin E.

 

śravya E.+

 

śrávas V.+

 

śrudhi- RV.

 

śuśrūṣya E.+

 

śravā́yya RV.

 

ślóka V.+

 

-śrúṇa RV.

 

śuśrūṣaṇa E.+

 

śrāva V.+

 

-śrut V.+

 

śrómata RV.

 

śuśrūṣéṇya B.S.

 

śrāvaka C.

 

śrúti V.+

 

śráviṣṭha AV.+

 

śuśrūṣú B.+

 

śrāvin C.

 

śrútya V.+

 

śraúṣaṭ V.B.

 

śuśrūṣitṛ E.

 

śrāvya E.+

 

-śrótu RV.

 

-śuśruka ? E.

 

śuśrūṣitavya E.

 

śrávaṇa V.+

 

śrotavyà B.+

 

śuśrūs E.

 

-śrāvayitṛ U.

 

śravaṇīya B.+

 

śrotṛ V.+

 

śuśrūṣā S.+

 

śrāvayitavya C.

 

 

Compare √ śruṣ; for √ 2 śru, see √ sru.

 

Meanings

śrṛṇóti śrṛṇuté v PPP śrutá (q.v.) hear, learn (A) from (G, Ab, I, & mukhāt or śrakāśāt); hear – to be (2A); listen or give ear to (A of th. or G of pers.); hear a teacher i.e. learn, study. ĀP. be heard of, be known as or to be (2 N); be studied, taught, or read. Caus. śraváyati & śāváyati (te) cause a person to hear, i.e. address, inform of, communicate to, tell (A of thing & A, G, or D of pers.); let hear i.e. proclaim, announce, recite. Des śrúśūṣate (ti) wish or like to hear i.e. attend to, obey, wait on, serve (A).

 

ati Ā be heard of i.e. be celebrated above (all).

anu hear or learn (again); Caus. relate, tell (2A); DesĀ obey.

abhi hear, learn – to be (2A). Caus. cause to hear, speak to, address (A).

ā listen to (A of th., G or D of pers.); hear, learn; promise. Caus. proclaim, make known; address, invoke, summon. abhyā Caus. address.

upa listen to (A or G), hear, learn from (mukhāt or sakāśāt), hear that – is (2A). samupa hear, listen to (A or G), learn from (Ab).

pari hear, learn, understand that – is (2A).

pra Ā be heard; become known or famous.

prati listen or give ear; say yes, promise. Caus. answer.

vi hear, learn; P. be heard of, become known or famous. Caus. let hear, announce, proclaim, tell; make known or famous, make resound.

sam hear (mukhāt), listen to (A); accede to the request of, make a promise to (L or D). Caus. let hear, announce, proclaim; make resound. abhisam hear, learn. pratisam make a promise to (G).

Cf. abhiviśuta, abhiśutá, āśuta, pariśuta, víśuta.