स्वेदते

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáydatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáydatay, from Proto-Indo-European *swéyd-e-ti, from *sweyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἰδίω (idíō), Latin sūdō, Tocharian B syā-, Old English swǣtan (whence English sweat).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐ́j.dɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʋeː.d̪ɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

स्वेदते • (svédate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root स्विद्)

1. to sweat, perspire
2. to be anointed
3. to be disturbed (?)
4. (causative) to cause to sweat, treat with sudorifics
5. to foment, soften

Derived terms

• स्वेद (svéda)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वेदते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1284.