cl.2 P./asti- (2. sg./asi-,1. sg./asmi-; pluralsm/asi-or sm/as-, sth/a-, s/anti-;(rarely A1.exempli gratia, 'for example' 1.pl. smahe-); subjunctive/asat-;Imper. astu-,2. sg.edhi-(fr. as-dhi-confer, compare); Potentialsy/āt-; imperfect tense/āsīt-,rarely ās-[only in ; confer, compare ]; perf. 1. and 3.sg, /āsa-,2. sg./āsitha-,3. pluralās/uḥ-; parasmE-padam.s/at-f.sat/ī-) to be, live, exist, be present ; to take place, happen ; to abide, dwell, stay ; to belong to (genitive case or dative case) ; to fall to the share of. happen to any one (genitive case) ; to be equal to (dative case) ; to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dative case) ; to become etc., (confer, compare) ; to be (id est used as copula, but not only with adjective (cf. mfn.),but also with adverb [ exempli gratia, 'for example'tūṣṇīm āsīt- ],and often with participle,[ exempli gratia, 'for example'perf.Passive voiceparasmE-padaprasthitāḥ sma-; futurepast participlehantavyo 'smi-; fut.p. especially with Potential,and only in y/adi dāsy/an-t-sy/āt-,"if he should intend to give"];the perfect tenseāsa-helps to form the periphrastic perf. , and asmi-etc. the future); ([ confer, compareGreekLatin es-t; Gothic is-t; Lithuanian es-ti.])
cl.4 P./asyati- (parasmE-pada/asyat-; imperfect tense/āsyat-,A.V.[ seeparās-and vy-as-]; futureparasmE-padaasiṣy/at-; Aoristāsthat-[ ; seevy-as-]; perf.P.āsa-[ seeparās-] A1.āse-[ seevy-as-]; Vedic or Vedainfinitive mood/astave-) to throw, cast, shoot at (locative casedative case,or gen) etc. ; to drive or frighten away ; See also 1. ast/a-sub voce, i.e. the word in the Sanskrit order
verb (class 2 parasmaipada) to cast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to drive or frighten away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to shoot at (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to throw (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 2 parasmaipada) to abide (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to be (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to be equal to (dat.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to be present (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to belong to (gen. or dat.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to dwell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to exist (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to fall to the share of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to happen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to live (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to prove (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to tend towards any result (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to turn out (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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