अद्ad2 P. [अत्ति, आद, -जघास, अघसत्, अत्स्यति, अत्तुम्, अन्न-जग्ध, जग्ध्वा]
- 2 Parasmaipada [अत्ति, आद, -जघास, अघसत्, अत्स्यति, अत्तुम्, अन्न-जग्ध, जग्ध्वा]
- To eat, devour.
- To destroy.
- Equivalent to अन्द्, quod vide, which see -Causal. to feed with, cause to eat; आदयत्यन्नं बटुना Sk. -Desid. जिघत्सति To wish to eat. [Compare Latin edo, Greek edo, German essen, English eat; Lith.edmi, Sans. admi, 3Goth. at, Zend ad] With अव to satisfy by food, get rid of with feeding; (Figurative) stop the mouth of.
Derived forms and compounds
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-आ to eat etc.
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-प्र -सम् to use up, consume, devour; समदन्त्यामिषं खगाः Bk.18.12.
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-वि to gnaw.
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अद् ad द d, द Adjective (at the end of comp.) Eating, devouring; मांसाद carnivorous, feeding on flesh; so मत्स्यdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied.
Source: ApteApte entry