cl. 3. P. ([Dhātup. xxv, 2]) bibhéti (du. bibhītas or bibhitas Pot. bibhīyāt or bibhiyāt, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 115]; Pot. 3. pl. bibhyeyuḥ, [MBh. xii, 459]; impf. 3. pl. abibhayuḥ, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 83], Sch.; ep. also Ā. 1. sg. bibhye and and P. 3. sg. bibhyati pl. bibhyanti; Ved. also cl. 1. Ā. bháyate, and accord, to, [Dhātup. xxxiv, 15], cl. 10. P. bhāyayati; pf. bibhāya, 3. pl. bibhyuḥ, [RV.] &c. &c.; bībhāya, [AitBr.]; bibhayā́ṃ cakara, [ŚBr.] cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 39]; aor. abhaiṣīt, °ṣma, °ṣuḥ, [RV.]; [AV.] &c., 2. sg. bhaiṣīs, [AV.], bhais, [Br.] &c., esp. in mābhais, ‘do not be afraid’; once for pl. = mā bhaiṣṭa, [R. i, 55, 25]; bhes, [Br.]; bhema, [RV.], p. Ā. bhiyāná, [ib.]; fut. bhetā Gr.; cond. abheṣyat, [ŚBr.]; inf. bhiyáse, [RV.]; bhetum, [MBh.] &c.), to fear, be afraid of (abl. or gen., rarely instr. or acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to fear for, be anxious about (abl.), [R.] : Pass. bhīyate, aor., abhāyi Gr.: Caus. bhīṣáyate ([ŚBr.] &c.; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 68]), bhīṣayati ([MBh.]; once mc. bhiṣ°, [BhP.]; p. bhīṣayāṇa, [MBh.]; aor. bībhiṣaḥ, [TS.], °ṣathāḥ, [RV.]), bhāyayati, °te ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 68], Sch.; Pot. bhāyayes, [Megh. 61]; v.l. bhīṣayes; aor. bībhayat, ábībhayanta, [RV.]; ind.p. -bhāyya, [Br.]), bhāpayate ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 56], Sch.), to terrify, put in a fright, intimidate, [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. bibhīṣati Gr.: Intens. bebhīyate, bebhayīti, bebheti, [ib.]
[cf. √ bhyas; Lith. bijótis; Slav. bojati; Germ. biben, beben.]
bhī́ f. fear, apprehension, fright, alarm, dread of (abl. loc. acc. with prati, or comp.), [RV.]; &c.