(prob. for originallysuṣ-, sus-) cl.4 P. () ś/uṣyati- (mc. also te-; perfect tenseśuśoṣa-; Aoristaśuṣat-; futureśoṣṭā-, śokṣyati-; infinitive moodśoṣṭum-; ind.p.-ś/uṣya-), to dry, become dry or withered, fade, languish, decay etc. etc.: Causalśoṣayati- (Aoristaśūśuṣat-), to make dry, dry up, wither, parch etc. ; to afflict, injure, hurt, extinguish, destroy : Desiderativeśuśukṣati-grammar : Intensiveśośuṣyate-, śośoṣṭi- [ confer, compareGreek for ; Latin siccus; Slavonic or Slavonian su8chati; Lithuanian susu4,sausiu4,sau4sasetc.]
शुष् 4 P. (शुष्यति, शुष्क) 1 To be dried, become dry or parched up; तृषा शुष्यत्यास्ये पिबति सलिलं स्वादु सुरभि Bh. 3.92. -2 To be withered. -3 To languish, become emaciated; अपि स्थाणुवदासीनः शुष्यन् परिगतः क्षुधा Pt.1.49. -4 To be afflicted or distressed. -Caus. (शोषयति-ते) 1 To dry up, wither, parch; न शोषयति मारुतः Bg.2.23. -2 To emaciate. -3 To destroy. -4 To extinguish. -5 To drain, suck up, absorb. -6 To exhaust, empty. -With उद्, परि 1 to be dried up, dry up; सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति Bg.1.29; स च विह्वलसत्त्वसंकुलः परिशुष्यन्नभवन् महाह्रदः Bk.1.42. -2 to pine, decay, wither; इमाः शून्यमया वाचः शुष्यमाणेन भाषिताः Rām.3.55. 36; अस्मत्कृते च परिशुष्यति काचिदन्या Bh.2.2. -वि, -सम् to be dried up.
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