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ṛ

the seventh vowel of the Sanskṛt alphabet and peculiar to it (resembling the sound of ri in merrily).

ind. an interjection expressing laughter, [L.]

a particle implying abuse, [L.]

a sound inarticulate or reiterated as in stammering, [W.]

m. heaven, [L.]

f. N. of Aditi, [L.]

cl. 1. 3. 5.P. ṛcchati, iyarti, ṛṇoti, and ṛṇvati (only Ved.); āra, ariṣyati, ārat, and ārṣīt, to go, move, rise, tend upwards, [RV.]; [Nir.] &c.; to go towards, meet with, fall upon or into, reach, obtain, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to fall to one's share, occur, befall (with acc.), [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.] &c.; to advance towards a foe, attack, invade, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.]; to hurt, offend, [ŚBr. vii]; to move, excite, erect, raise, (íyarti vā́cam, he raises his voice, [RV. ii, 42, 2]; stómān iyarmi, I sing hymns, [RV. i, 116, 1]), [RV.]; [AV. vi, 22, 3] : Caus. arpayati, to cause to move, throw, cast, [AV. x, 9, 1]; [Ragh.] &c.; to cast through, pierce, [AV.]; to put in or upon, place, insert, fix into or upon, fasten, [RV.]; [Śāk.]; [Kum.]; [Bhag.] &c.; to place on, apply, [Kathās.]; [Ratnāv.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to direct or turn towards, [R.]; [Bhag.] &c.; to deliver up, surrender, offer, reach over, present, give, [Yājñ.]; [Pañcat.]; [Vikr.] &c.; to give back, restore, [Mn. viii, 191]; [Yājñ.]; [Śak.] &c.: Ved. Intens. alarti, [RV. viii, 48, 8]; (2. sg. alarṣi, [RV. viii, 1, 7]; [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 65]); to move or go towards with speed or zeal: Class. Intens. Ā. arāryate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 30]), to wander about, hasten towards, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Pat.], [Kāś.];

[cf. Gk. ὄρ-νυ-μι, ἐρ-έ-της, ἀρό-ω, &c. : Zend √ ir : Lat. or-ior, re-mus, aro : Goth. ar-gan : Angl.Sax. ār : Old High Germ. ruo-dar, ar-an : Lith. ir-ti, ‘to row’; ar-ti, ‘to plough’.]