cl. 2. P. átti, āda, atsyati, attum, to eat, consume, devour, Ved. Inf. áttave, [RV.] : Caus. ādáyati and °te (once adayate [[ĀpŚr.]]) to feed
[cf. Lith. edmi; Slav. jamj for jadmj; Gk. ἔδω; Lat. edo; Goth. root AT pres. ita; Germ. essen; Eng. to eat, Arm. utem].
mfn. ifc. ‘eating’, as matsyād, eating fish.