(cf. √ rabh) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 6]) labhate (ep. also °ti and lambhate; pf. lebhé, ep. also lalābha; aor. alabdha, alapsata, [Br.]; Prec. lapsīya, [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 104], Sch.; fut. labdhā Gr.; lapsyate, °ti, [Br.] &c.; labhiṣyati, [Kāv.]; inf. labdhum, [MBh.]; ind.p. labdhvā́, [AV.] &c.; -labhya, -lambham, [Br.] &c.; lābham, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 69]), to take, seize, catch; catch sight of, meet with, find, [Br.] &c. &c. (with antaram, to find an opportunity, make an impression, be effective; with avakāśam, to find scope, be appropriate; with kālam, to find the right time or moment); to gain possession of, obtain, receive, conceive, get, receive (‘from’ abl.; ‘as’ acc.), recover, [ib.] (with garbham, ‘to conceive an embryo’, ‘become pregnant’; with padam, to obtain a footing); to gain the power of (doing anything), succeed in, be permitted or allowed to (inf. or dat., e.g. labhate draṣṭum, or darśanāya, ‘he is able or allowed to see’), [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to possess, have, [Sāh.]; [MārkP.]; to perceive, know, understand, learn, find out, [Kathās.]; [Kull.] : Pass. labhyáte (ep. also °ti; aor. alābhi or alambhi, with prep. only alambhi; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 69], [Kāś.]), to be taken or caught or met with or found or got or obtained, [Br.] &c. &c.; to be allowed or permitted (inf. sometimes with pass. sense, e.g. nādharmo labhyate kartum, ‘injustice ought not to be done’, cf. above), [Kathās.]; to follow, result, [Sāh.]; [Sarvad.]; to be comprehended by (abl.), [Bhāṣāp.] : Caus. lambhayati, °te (aor. alalambhat), to cause to take or receive or obtain, give, bestow (generally with two acc.; rarely with acc. and instr. = to present with; in [Kir. ii, 55] with two acc. and instr.; cf. [Vām. v, 2, 10]), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to get, procure (cf. lambhita); to find out, discover, [Mn. viii, 109]; to cause to suffer, [MW.]; Desid. lípsate (mc. also °ti, [TBr.] līpsate), to wish to seize or take or catch or obtain or receive (with acc. or gen.; ‘from’ abl.), [TBr.] &c. &c. : Intens. lālabhyate, lālambhīti or lālabdhi Gr.
[Gk. λάϕ-υρον, λαμβ-άνω; Lat. labor; Lith. lábas, lóbis.]