To love, be enmaoured of, be in love with; कन्ये काम- यमानं मां न त्वं कामयसे कथम् Kāv.1.63 (an instance of ग्राम्यता); कलहंसको मन्दारिकां कामयते Māl.1.
To long for, wish, desire; न वीरसूशब्दमकामयेताम् R.14.4.; निष्क- ष्टुमर्थं चकमे कुबेरात् 5.26;4.48;1.53; Bk.14.82.
To have intercourse with; त्वं च मा वरुण कामयासे Rv.1.124.5.
To value highly.
Source: Apte
Monier-Williams
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
कम्kamind. (Gk. κεν) well (opposed to अ-कम्, "ill") TS. S3Br. &c.
indeclinable (Greek κεν) well (opposed to अ-कम्, "ill") TS. S3Br. etc.
indeclinable a particle placed after the word to which it belongs with an affirmative sense, "yes", "well" (but this sense is generally so weak that Indian grammarians are perhaps right in enumerating कम् among the expletives Nir.; it is often found attached to a dative case case, giving to that case a stronger meaning, and is generally placed at the end of the Pa1da पाद, exempli gratia, 'for example' /अजीजन /ओषधीर् भ्/ओजनाय क्/अम्, thou didst create the plants for actual food fg-veda v, 83, 10) fg-veda AV. TS. v
indeclinableकम् is also used as an enclitic with the particles नु, सु, and हि (but is treated in the Pada-pa1t2ha पद-पाठ as a separate word; in this connection कम् has no accent but once AV. vi, 110, 1) fg-veda AV.
indeclinable a particle of interrogation (like कद् and किम्) fg-veda x, 52, 3
indeclinable (sometimes, like किम् and कद्, at the beginning of compounds) marking the strange or unusual character of anything or expressing reproach Lexicographers Page252,1
indeclinable head Lexicographers
indeclinable food Nir.
indeclinable water Nir. Nigh.
indeclinable happiness, bliss Lexicographers
class1 Atmane-pada (not used in the conjugational tenses) चकमे, कमिता, कमिष्यते, अचकमत Dha1tup. xii, 10 to wish, desire, long for fg-veda v, 36, 1; x, 117, 2 AV. xix, 52, 3 S3Br. Ragh. etc.; to love, be in love with, have sexual intercourse with S3Br. xi BhP. : CausalAtmane-pada (Epic also Parasmaipada) कामयते, -ति, कामयां-चक्रे, अचीकमत, etc.; to wish, desire, long for (with accusative or infinitive mood or Potential Pa1n2. 3-3, 157; exempli gratia, 'for example'कामये भुञ्जीत भवान्, I wish your worship may eat; कामये दातुम्, I wish to give Ka1s3.) fg-veda AV. TS. MBh. etc.; to love, be in love with, have sexual intercourse with fg-veda x, 124, 5; 125, 5 S3Br. MBh. etc.; to cause any one to love R2itus. (in that sense Parasmaipada Vop.); (with बहु or अत्य्-अर्थम्) to rate or value highly R. : Desiderativeचिकमिषते and चिकामयिषते : Intensiveचंकम्यते; ([confer, compareLatin comis; also amo, with the loss of the initial, for camo; cA7-rus for cam-rus : Hibernian or Irish caemh, "love, desire; fine, handsome, pleasant"; caomhach, "a friend, companion"; caomhaim, "I save, spare, protect"; Armenian kamim .])
Source: Monier-Williams
Macdonell
A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
कम्kam[ká-m] (ac. sg.) pcl. well: emphasizes a preceding dative.
[ká-m] (accusativesingular) pcl. well: emphasizes a preceding dative.
[ka-m] pcl. indeed (after nú, sú, hí).
Source: Macdonell
Dhātupāṭha
Dhātupāṭha — the verbal roots of Sanskrit
कम्kam
कम्उकान्तौ (कान्तिर् इच्छा)
1A, seṭ, sak
to desire (kānti means icchā "desire")
Paradigms in the source4 tables
Present (laṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: HNV
Person
Singular
Dual
Plural
3rd
कामयते
कामयेते
कामयन्ते
2nd
कामयसे
कामयेथे
कामयध्वे
1st
कामये
कामयावहे
कामयामहे
Present (laṭ) · passive (karmaṇi)Source: HNV
Person
Singular
Dual
Plural
3rd
काम्यते कम्यते
काम्येते कम्येते
काम्यन्ते कम्यन्ते
2nd
काम्यसे कम्यसे
काम्येथे कम्येथे
काम्यध्वे कम्यध्वे
1st
काम्ये कम्ये
काम्यावहे कम्यावहे
काम्यामहे कम्यामहे
Aorist (luṅ) · ātmanepadaSource: HNV
Person
Singular
Dual
Plural
3rd
अचीकमत अचकमत
अचीकमेताम् अचकमेताम्
अचीकमन्त अचकमन्त
2nd
अचीकमथाः अचकमथाः
अचीकमेथाम् अचकमेथाम्
अचीकमध्वम् अचकमध्वम्
1st
अचीकमे अचकमे
अचीकमावहि अचकमावहि
अचीकमामहि अचकमामहि
Perfect (liṭ) · ātmanepadaSource: HNV
Person
Singular
Dual
Plural
3rd
कामयाञ्चक्रे चकमे
कामयाञ्चक्राते चकमाते
कामयाञ्चक्रिरे चकमिरे
2nd
कामयाञ्चकृषे चकमिषे
कामयाञ्चक्राथे चकमाथे
कामयाञ्चकृध्वे चकमिध्वे
1st
कामयाञ्चक्रे चकमे
कामयाञ्चकृवहे चकमिवहे
कामयाञ्चकृमहे चकमिमहे
Source: Dhātupāṭha
Analysis (Beta) · कम्
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