(cf. √ ru) cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 59]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 76]) roditi (Ved. and ep. also rudati, °te and rodati, °te; pf. ruroda, rurude, [MBh.]; aor. árudat, [AV.] &c.; arodīt, °diṣuḥ Gr.; araudiṣīt, [BhP.]; fut. roditā Gr.; rodiṣyati, [Kāv.]; inf. roditum, [ib.]; ind.p. ruditvā or roditvā, [MBh.]; -rudya, [Kathās.]), to weep, cry, howl, roar, lament, wail, [RV.] &c. &c.; to bewail, deplore, [ib.] : Pass. rudyate (aor. arodi; rudyamāne, ‘while weeping is heard’, [Mn. iv, 108]) : Caus. rodáyati (aor. arūrudat), to cause to weep or lament, [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. rurudiṣati Gr. (cf. rurudiṣā, °ṣu) : Intens. rorudyate, rorotti (p. rorudyamāna, rorudat), [MBh.]
[cf. Lat. rudere; Lith. rùdis, raudà, raudóti; Angl.Sax. reótan.]
mfn. (ifc.), weeping, crying &c. (see agharúd and bhava-rud)
f. cry, wail
sound
grief, pain
disease, [W.]