रोचते
See also: रोचातु
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ráwćatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčatay, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white, light, bright”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬥𐬙- (raocant-, “shining”), 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah, “light”), Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós), Latin lūx, Old English lēoht (whence English light).
Pronunciation
Verb
रोचते • (rócate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root रुच्) (Vedic ráucatai)
- to shine, be bright or radiant or resplendent
- (only in perfect tense parasmai-pada) to make bright or resplendent
- to be splendid or beautiful or good
- to be agreeable to, please (+dative or genitive)
- to be pleased with, like (+accusative)
- to be desirous of, long for (+dative)
- (causative) to cause to shine
- (causative) to enlighten, illuminate, make bright
- (causative) to make pleasant or beautiful
- (causative) to cause any one (accusative) to long for anything (dative)
- (causative) to find pleasure in, like, approve, deem anything right (+ accusative or infinitive)
- (causative) to choose as (double accusative)
- (causative) to purpose, intend
- (passive voice) to be pleasant or agreeable to (+dative)
- (intensive) to shine bright
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “रोचते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0881, 0882.
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