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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
वैvai1 P. (वायति)
1 Parasmaipada (वायति)
To dry, be dried.
To be languid or weary, be exhausted.
Derived forms and compounds
वैvai, Indeclinable A particle of affirmation or certainty (indeed, truly, forsooth), but it is generally used as an expletive; आपो वै नरसूनवः Ms.1.1;2.231;9.49; 11.78 etc. It is also said to be a vocative particle, and sometimes shows entreaty or persuasion (अनुनय).
वैvai[vaí] post positive pcl. emphasizing the preceding word: rare in the Samhitâs, very common in Br. (often…
[vaí] post positive pcl. emphasizing the preceding word: rare in the Samhitâs, very common in Brâhmana (often indicating the beginning of a clause) and Epic; in Sûtragenerally only in the combination yadi ͜ u vai; in Epic and Manu vai is very common at the end of a pâda as a mere expletive; with other pcls.: vâ u (Rig-veda); ha vaí, ha sma vai, eva vai (Brâhmana); api vai, tu vai (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
वैvai(orig. identical with √2. वा) cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. xxii, 24) व्/आयति, to become languid or weary or exhausted RV.…
(originally identical with √2. वा) class1 Parasmaipada (Dha1tup. xxii, 24) व्/आयति, to become languid or weary or exhausted fg-veda (शोषणे Dha1tup.); to be deprived of (genitive case) fg-veda viii.47, 6; Parasmaipada and (Epic also Atmane-pada), to blow A1past. MBh.
indeclinable a particle of emphasis and affirmation, generally placed after a word and laying stress on it (it is usually translatable by "indeed", "truly", "certainly", "verily", "just" etc.; it is very rare in the fg-veda; more frequent in the AV., and very common in the Bra1hman2as ब्राह्मण s and in works that imitate their style; in the Su1tras सूत्र s it is less frequent and almost restricted to the combination यद्य् उ वै; in Manu मनु MBh. and the Ka1vyas काव्य s it mostly appears at the end of a line, and as a mere expletive. In fg-veda it is frequently followed by उ in the combination व्/आ उ [both particles are separated v, 18, 3] Page1020,1; it is also preceded by उ and various other particles exempli gratia, 'for example' by /इद्, /अह, उत्/अ; in the Bra1hman2as ब्राह्मण s it often follows ह, ह स्म, एव; in later language अपि and तु . Accord. to some it is also a vocative particle).