cl. 4. P. gṛ́dhyati (perf. 3. pl. jagṛdhur, [BhP. v, 4, 1]; jāgṛdhúr, [RV. ii, 23, 16]; aor. ágṛdhat, [RV. x, 34, 4]; fut. gardhiṣyati, [ŚBr. iii]; pr. p. gṛ́dhyat, [RV. iv, 38, 3]; ind.p. gṛddhvā, [BhP. x, 64, 40]), to endeavour to gain, [RV. iv, 38, 3]; [AV. viii, 6, 1]; to covet, desire, strive after greedily, be desirous of or eager for (loc. [[RV.]; [AV.] &c.] or acc. [ĪśUp.]; [MBh. iv, 276]; [BhP. v], [vi], [x]) : Caus. P. gardhayati, to be greedy, [Dhātup. xxxii, 124]; to make desirous or greedy, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 69], [Kāś.]; Ā. °yate, to deceive, cheat, [ib.]; [Bhaṭṭ. viii, 43] : Intens. 2. sg. impf. ajarghāḥ, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 14], [Kāś.];
[cf. anu-, prati-; abhi-ghṛdhna, pra-gardhin; cf. also Old Germ. gir: Mod. Germ. gier: Engl. greedy (?) : Goth. gredags, gaurs: Hib. greadaim, ‘I burn’; greadhnach, ‘joyful, glad’; gradh, ‘love, charity; dear’; graidhneog, ‘a beloved female’, &c.: Lith. godus, gedu: Slav. glad, ‘hunger’.]