रि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रि not found
Primary Verbal Forms
  • रिणाति (riṇā́ti) (Present)
  • रीयते (rī́yate) (Present)
  • रिणोति (riṇoti) (Present)
  • रियति (riyati) (Present)
  • रेष्यति (reṣyati) (Future)
  • रेता (retā) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अरैषीत् (araiṣīt) (Aorist)
  • रिराय (rirāya) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • रेपयति (repayati) (Causative)
  • अरीरिपत् (arīripat) (Causative Aorist)
  • रिरीषति (rirīṣati) (Desiderative)
  • रेरीयते (rerīyate) (Intensive)
  • रेरयीति (rerayīti) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • रेतुम् (retum) (Infinitive)
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms
  • अनुरि (anuri)
  • निरि (niri)
  • प्ररि (prari)
  • संरि (saṃri)

References

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “RAY”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 437-8