cl. 6. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 110]) mriyáte (ep. and mc. also P. °ti; cl. 1. P. Ā. marati, márate, [RV.]; Impv. mara, [Cāṇ.]; pf. mamā́ra, mamruḥ, [RV.] &c. &c.; p. mamṛvás, [RV.]; Ā. mamrire, [BhP.]; aor. amṛta Subj. mṛthāh, [RV.]; [AV.]; Pot. murīya, [AV.]; mriṣīṣṭa, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 61]; fut. martā Gr.; mariṣyati, [AV.] &c. &c.; °te, [MBh.]; inf. martum, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; martave, [AV.Paipp.]; ind.p. mṛtvā́, [Br.]; -māram, [MBh.]), to die, decease, [RV.] &c. &c.: Pass. mriyate (cf. above; sometimes used impers. with instr.; pf. mamre; aor. amāri), [Bhaṭṭ.] : Caus. māráyati (mc. also °te; aor., amīmarat) : Pass. māryate, to cause to die, kill, slay, [AV.] &c. &c.: Desid. of Caus. See mimārayiṣu: Desid. mumūrṣati ([Pāṇ. vii, 1, 102]), to wish or be about to die, face death, [ŚrS.] &c. &c. : Intens. memrīyate, marmarti Gr.
[cf. Zd. mar, mareta; Gk. βροτός for μροτός; Lat. mors, morior &c.; Slav. mrěti; Lith. mìrti; Goth. maurthr; Germ. Mord, morden; Eng. murder.]