रम्बते

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb(ʰ)- (“to hang down, to dangle”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *limpaną, whence English limp. Also compare the variant लम्बते (lambate).

Pronunciation

Verb

रम्बते • (rámbate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, present, root रम्ब्)

  1. (Vedic) to dangle, to hang down loosely
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.86.16:
      न सेशे॒ यस्य॒ रम्ब॑ते ऽन्त॒रा स॒क्थ्या॒३॒॑ कपृ॑त् ।
      ná séśe yásya rámbate ʼntarā́ sakthyā̀ kápṛt.
      He has no power whose penis dangles loosely between his thighs.

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