(prob. for orig. suṣ, sus) cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 74]) śúṣyati (mc. also °te; pf. śuśoṣa; aor. aśuṣat; fut. śoṣṭā, śokṣyati; inf. śoṣṭum; ind.p. -śúṣya, [Br.]), to dry, become dry or withered, fade, languish, decay, [AV.] &c. &c.: Caus. śoṣayati (aor. aśūśuṣat), to make dry, dry up, wither, parch, [AV.] &c. &c.; to afflict, injure, hurt, extinguish, destroy, [MBh.] : Desid. śuśukṣati Gr.: Intens. śośuṣyate, śośoṣṭi, [ib.]
[cf. Gk. αὔω for σαύσω; Lat. siccus; Slav. sǔchati; Lith. susù, sausiù, saúsas &c.]
(ifc.) drying, withering, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 166], Vārtt. 1
drying up, parching (see parna-śuṣ).
(cf. √ śvas) cl. 6. P. śuṣáti (1. sg. also -śuṣé and p. -śuṣāṇa; see ā-√ śuṣ). to hiss (as a serpent), [RV. i, 61, 10.]