Ved. cl.1 P.g/amati- (; subjunctivegamam-, g/amat-[ gamātas-, gamātha- ], gamāma-, gaman-; Potentialgam/ema-; infinitive moodg/amadhyai-) : cl.2 P.g/anti- (; imperative 3. sg.gantu-,[2. sg.gadhi-Seeā--,or gahi-Seeadhi--, abhy-ā--, ā--, upā--],2. pluralg/antā-or gantana-; imperfect tense 2. and 3. sg./agan-[ ] , 1. plural/aganma-[ ; confer, compare ] , 3. plural/agman-; subjunctive [or Aoristsubjunctiveconfer, compare ]1. pluralganma-,3. pluralgm/an-; Potential 2. sg.gamyās-; preceding 3. sg.gamy/ās-; pr. p.gm/at-, ) : cl.3 P.jaganti- (; Potentialjagamyām-, yāt-; imperfect tense 2. and 3. sg.ajagan-,2. pluralajaganta-or tana-) : Ved. and Class. cl.1 P. (also A1. etc.) , with substitution of gacch- ([= ]) for gam-, g/acchati- (confer, compare; subjunctivegācchāti-;2. sg.gacchās-[ ] or gacchāsi-[ ];2. pluralgacchāta-;3. pluralg/acchān-; imperfect tense/agacchat-; Potentialgacchet-; pr. p.g/acchat- etc.; Aoristagamat-;for A1.with prepositions confer, comparefuturegamiṣyati- etc.; 1st futureg/antā-[ ] etc.; perf. 1. sg.jagamā-[ ],3. sg.jagāma-,2. dual numberjagmathur-,3. pluraljagm/ur- etc.; parasmE-padajaganv/as-[ etc.] or jagmivas-f.jagm/uṣī- etc.;Ved. infinitive moodg/antave-, g/antav/ai-;Class. infinitive moodgantum-:Ved. ind.p.gatvāya-, gatv/ī-;Class. ind.p.gatv/ā-[ etc.] , with prepositions -gamya-or -gatya-) to go, move, go away, set out, come etc. ; to go to or towards, approach (with accusative or locative case or dative case [ ; confer, compare ] or prati-[ ]) etc. ; to go or pass (as time exempli gratia, 'for example'kāle gacchati-,time going on, in the course of time) ; to fall to the share of (accusative) etc. ; to go against with hostile intentions, attack ; to decease, die ; to approach carnally, have sexual intercourse with (accusative) etc. ; to go to any state or condition, undergo, partake of, participate in, receive, obtain (exempli gratia, 'for example'mitratāṃ gacchati-,"he goes to friendship" id est he becomes friendly) etc. ; jānubhyām avanīṃ-gam-,"to go to the earth with the knees", kneel down ; dharaṇīṃ mūrdhnā-gam-,"to go to the earth with the head", make a bow ; m/anasā-gam-, to go with the mind, observe, perceive ; (without m/anasā-) to observe, understand, guess ; (especially Passive voicegamyate-,"to be understood or meant") and ; doṣeṇa- or doṣato-gam-, to approach with an accusation, ascribe guilt to a person (accusative) : Causalgamayati- (; imperative 2. sg. Ved. gamayā-or gāmaya-[ ] , 3. sg.gamayatāt-; perf.gamay/āṃ cakāra- etc.) to cause to go () or come, lead or conduct towards, send to (dative case), bring to a place (accusative [ ] or locative case) etc. ; to cause to go to any condition, cause to become etc. ; to impart, grant ; to send away ; "to let go", not care about ; to excel ; to spend time etc. ; to cause to understand, make clear or intelligible, explain ; to convey an idea or meaning, denote ; (causal of the causal) to cause a person (accusative) to go by means of jigamiśati- another : Desiderativej/igamiṣati- (jigāṃsate-; imperfect tenseajigāṃsat-) to wish to go, be going ; to strive to obtain ; to wish to bring (to light, prak/āśam-) : Intensivej/aṅganti- (), jaṅgamīti- or jaṅgamyate- (), to visit (parasmE-padag/anigmat-) (imperfect tenseaganīgan-) ; ([ confer, compare ; Gothic qvam; English come; Latin venioforgvemio.])
A1.-gacchate- (rarely P.ti-,and according to to only with an object; perfect tense-jagme-;Vedic forms etc. -gamemahi-, -gamāmahai-, -ajagmiran-, -agata-[3. sg. ], -aganmahi-, -agasmahi-,or -agaṃsmahi-, -gmiṣīya-, -gasīṣṭa-or -gaṃsīṣṭa-, -gaṃsyate-etc.; see1. gam-and ), to go or come together, come into contact or collision, meet (either in a friendly or hostile manner), join or unite with (instrumental case with and without saha-or sārdham-) etc. ; to unite sexually with (accusative) ; to harmonize, agree, fit, correspond, suit ; to go to or towards, meet (accusative) ; to come together or assemble in (locative case) ; to undergo or get into any state or condition, become (exempli gratia, 'for example' with viśrambham-,"to become trustful, confide") ; (P.) to partake of (instrumental case) ; to go away, depart (this life), decease, die ; (P.) to visit (accusative) : Causal-gamayati- (ind.p.-gamayya-), to cause to go together, bring together, connect or unite or endow or present with (instrumental case of Persian and accusative of thing) etc. ; to lead any one to (two accusative) ; to deliver or hand over to (locative case), transfer, bestow, give ; to connect, construe (words) ; to cause to go away or depart (this life), kill () : Desiderative-jigaṃsate-, to wish to meet with (instrumental case). ; -jigāṃsati-, to wish to attain to (accusative)
P.-gacchati- (Ved. imperfect tense 1. plural-aganma-) to come forth, appear suddenly, become visible : etc. ; to go up, rise (as a star), ascend, start up etc. ; to go out or away, disappear etc. ; to spread, extend : Causal-gamayati-, to cause to rise ; to cause to come out or issue (as milk from the mother's breast), suck.
gam go, I. gáchati, -te to (acc.), i. 1, 4; x. 14, 13; root ao. 3. pl. ágman, vii. 71, 6; 1. pl. áganma, viii. 48, 3. 11 [Gk. βαίνω, Lat. venio, Eng. come]. á̄- come, i. 1, 5; 85, 11; root ao. ipv. gahí, vi. 54, 7; x. 14, 5; 2. pl. gatá, x. 15, 4; 3. gámantu, x. 15, 52. 11; go to (acc.), x. 168, 2. sám- go with (inst.), a ao. op., vi. 54, 2; unite with (inst.), x. 14, 8.
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