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svid has 4 results

Root Word (Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha:)	Full Root	Marker	Sense	Class	Sutra
√śvid	śvidi	i	śvaitye	1	10
√ṣvid	(ñi) ṣvidā	ā	gātraprakṣaraṇe	4	84
√ṣvid	ṣvidā	ā	gātraprakṣaraṇe	4	84
√ṣvid	(ñi) ṣvidā	ā	[snehane] snehasya mocane ca	1	481

svid has 3 results

Root Word	IAST	Meaning	Monier Williams Page	Class
√स्विद्	svid	being greasy, being disturbed / snehana-mocana	1267/3, 835/3	Cl.1
√स्विद्	svid	sounding / avyakta śabda	111/2, 1052/2	Cl.1
√स्विद्	svid	sweating, perspiring / gātra-prakṣaraṇa	352/1, 655/2	Cl.4

Monier-Williams Search

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svid

ind. (prob. fr. 5. su-+ id-; see kuvid-) a particle of interrogation or inquiry or doubt, often translatable by"do you think?""perhaps","pray","indeed","any"(especially used after the interrogative ka-and its derivatives exempli gratia, 'for example' kaḥ svid eṣām brāhmaṇānām anucāna-tamaḥ-,"pray who [or"who do you think"] is the most learned of these brahman-s?"

;but also without another interrogative exempli gratia, 'for example' tvaṃ svin no yājñavalkya brakmiṣṭho 'si-,"do you think yājñavalkya-, you are the greatest Brahman among us?"

;also used after uta-, api-, āho-,and utāho-,and disjunctively in the first or second or both parts of a double interrogation, thus: kiṃnu-svid-; kiṃsvid-svid-; svid-svid-; svid-utāho-; nu-svid-; svid-nu-; svid-uta-; svid-vā-; svid-kimu-; svid-kim-nukim-;sometimes making a preceding interrogative indefinite exempli gratia, 'for example' kv/a svid-,"anywhere"; k/aḥ svid-,"whoever","any one";similarly with yad- exempli gratia, 'for example' yad svid dīyate-,"whatever is given"

;sometimes apparently a mere expletive)

svid

cl.1 A1. 4. P. (

) svedate- or svidyati- (A1. svidyate-

; parasmE-pada svidyamāna-

; perfect tense siṣveda- grammar; siṣvide-

; parasmE-pada siṣvidān/a-

; Aorist asvidat-

; future svettā-, svetsyati- grammar; ind.p. -svedam-

), to sweat, perspire

etc. ; (svedate-), to be anointed

; to be disturbed (?)

: Causal svedayati- (Aorist asiṣvidat-), to cause to sweat, treat with sudorifics

; to foment, soften

: Desiderative of Causal sisvedayiṣati-, grammar : Desiderative sisvitṣati-

: Intensive seṣvidyate-, seṣvetti-

[ confer, compare Greek ; Latin su1dor,sUdare; Anglo-Saxon swa7t; English sweat; German Schweiss,schwitzen.]

svid

(in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') sweating, perspiring

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svid	स्विद् (In comp.) Sweating, perspiring.

svid	स्विद् I. 4 P. (स्विद्यति, स्विदित or स्विन्न) To sweat, perspire; तदा मोहमनुप्राप्तः सिष्विदे हि जनार्दनः Mb.7.27.2; स्विद्यति कूणति वेल्लति K. P.1; U.3.41; Ku.7.77; Māl. 1.35; स त्वां पश्यति कम्पते पुलकयत्यानन्दति स्विद्यति Gīt.11. -II. 1 Ā. (स्वेदते, स्विन्न or स्वेदित) 1 To be anointed. -2 To be greasy or unctuous; निष्टापस्विद्यदस्थ्नः क्वथनपरिणम- न्मेदसः प्रेतकायान् Māl.5.17. -3 To be disturbed. -Caus. (स्वेदयति-ते) 1 To cause to perspire. -2 To heat.

svid	स्विद् ind. A particle of interrogation or inquiry, often implying 'doubt', or 'surprise', and translateable by 'what,' 'hey', 'hallo', 'can it be that'. It is added to interrogative pronouns in this sense or to give an indefinite sense; कास्विदवगुण्ठनवती नातिपरिस्फुटशरीरलावण्या Ś.5.13; Me.14. It is sometimes used disjunctively in the sense of 'either,' 'or', with नु, उत, वा &c.; सरोजपत्रे नु विलीनषट्पदे विलोलदृष्टेः स्विदमू विलोचने । शिरोरुहाः स्विन्नतपक्ष्मसंतते- र्द्विरेफवृन्दं नु निशद्बनिश्चलम् ॥ Ki.8.35;12.15;13.8;14.6; see आहो also.

Macdonell Vedic Search

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svid	svid, enc. emph. pcl., iv. 51, 6; x. 34, 10; 129, 52; 135, 5; 168, 3.

Macdonell Search

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svid	a. (--°ree;) sweating, perspiring.

svid	encl. pcl. perhaps, pray: gnly. after the intr. prn. ka (and its derivatives), which it sts. (like api and kana) makes in definite: káh svid, whoever, any one; it is also used after the pcls. api (intr.), uta, and âho; also in double questions, kim nu -svid, etc.

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svid	verb (class 4 parasmaipada) to sweat Frequency rank 1473/72933

svid	indeclinable a particle of interrogation or inquiry or doubt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 3259/72933

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