cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxiii, 29]) bhájati, °te (2. sg. as Impv. bhakṣi, [RV.]; pf. P. babhā́ja Ā. bhejé, [RV.] &c.; 2. sg. babhaktha, [ŚBr.]; bhejitha, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 122]; aor. P. 2. 3. sg. abhāk, [RV.]; [Br.]; abhākṣīt, °kṣus, [BhP.]; Subj. bhakṣat, [RV.]; Ā. ábhakṣi, °kta, [RV.] &c.; Prec. Ā. bhakṣīyá, [RV.]; 3. sg. °kṣīṣṭa, [Br.]; °kṣīta, [SV.]; fut. bhakṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; bhajiṣyati, °te, [MBh.] &c.; bhaktā Gr.; inf. bhaktum, [Br.] &c.; bhajitum, [MBh.]; ind.p. bhaktvā, [AV.] &c., °tvāya, [RV.]; -bhajya and -bhā́jam, [Br.]), to divide, distribute, allot or apportion to (dat. or gen.), share with (instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (Ā.) to grant, bestow, furnish, supply, [ib.]; Ā. (rarely P.) to obtain as one's share, receive as (two acc.), partake of, enjoy (also carnally), possess, have (acc., Ved. also gen.), [ib.]; (Ā., rarely P.) to turn or resort to, engage in, assume (as a form), put on (garments), experience, incur, undergo, feel, go or fall into (with acc., esp. of abstract noun, e.g. bhītim, to feel terror; nidrām, to fall asleep; maunam, to become silent), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to pursue, practise, cultivate, [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]; to fall to the lot or share of (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to declare for, prefer, choose (e.g. as a servant), [MBh.]; to serve, honour, revere, love, adore, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. bhājáyati, °te (aor. abībhajuḥ, [ŚBr.], ababhājat Gr.), to divide, [Sūryas.]; to deal out, distribute, [Gaut.]; to cause any one (acc.) to partake of or enjoy (acc. or gen.), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to put to flight, pursue, chase, drive into (acc.), [Bhaṭṭ.]; to cook, dress (food), [Vop.] : Desid. bibhakṣati, °te, [MBh.] (cf. √ bhikṣ) : Intens. bābhajyate, bābhakti, Gr.
[cf. Gk. ϕαγεῖν, ϕᾱγός, ϕηγός; Lat. fāgus; Goth. Old S. bōk; Germ. Buch, Buch-stabe; Eng. buck-, beech.]