रि

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, churn”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *rìnǫti, Old English rinnan (whence English run).

Pronunciation

Root

रि • (ri)

  1. to release, set free, let go
  2. to sever, detach from
  3. to yield, bestow
  4. (middle voice) to be shattered or dissolved, melt, become fluid, drop, flow

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रि (0 c, 1 e)
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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 881, column 2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 139
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “RAY”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 437-8
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