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sah

cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xx, 22]) sáhate (Ved. and ep. also °ti and exceptionally sāhati, once in [MBh.] 1. sg. sahyāmi; p. sáhat, sáhamāna [q.v.]; pf. sehe, sasāha; Ved. also sasāhé or sasahé and sāsā́ha; sāsáhat; sāsahīṣṭā́ḥ, sāsahyā́ma; p. sehāná, sāsahāná, sāsahvás or sasahvás and sāhvás [q.v.]; aor. asākṣi, sākṣi, sākṣate, [RV.]; sākṣīt, [GopBr.]; sakṣati, [AV.]; sakṣat, sā́kṣāma, [RV.]; Impv. sakṣi, sākṣva or sakṣva, [ib.]; p. sákṣat, [ib.]; ásahisṭa, [RV.]; Prec. sahyās, sāhyā́ma, [ib.]; sākṣīya, [AV.]; sāhiṣīmáhi or sahiṣīmáhi, [RV.]; fut. soḍhā, [MBh.] &c.; sahitā Gr.; sakṣyati, [MBh.], °te, [Br.]; sākṣye [?] [AV.]; -sahiṣyati, °te, [MBh.]; Cond. asahiṣyat, [ib.]; inf. sáhadhyai, [RV.]; [Kāṭh.]; sā́ḍhyai, [MaitrS.]; soḍhum, sahitum, [MBh.]; ind.p. soḍhvā, [ĀpŚr.], Sch.; sādhvā, sahitvā Gr.; -sáhya, [RV.] &c.; sáham, [Br.]), to prevail, be victorious; to overcome, vanquish, conquer, defeat (enemies), gain, win (battles), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [R.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to offer violence to (acc.), [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.] ; to master, suppress, restrain, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to be able to or capable of (inf. or loc.), [ib.]; to bear up against, resist, withstand, [AV.] &c. &c.; to bear, put up with, endure, suffer, tolerate (with na, ‘to grudge’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to be lenient towards, have patience with any one (gen.), [Bhag.]; to spare any one, [MārkP.]; [Pañcat.]; to let pass, approve anything, [Sarvad.]; (with kalam, kala-kṣepam &c.) to bide or wait patiently for the right time, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] : Caus. or cl. 10. sāhayati (aor. asīṣahat), to forbear, [Dhātup. xxxiv, 4] : Desid. of Caus. sisāhayiṣati, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 62] ? : Desid. sī́kṣate (p. sī́kṣat; accord. to [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 61], also sisahiṣate), to wish to overcome, [RV.]; [TS.] : Intens. sāsahyate, sāsoḍhi (cf. sāsahí or sasahí) Gr. [cf. sahas and ἴσχω for σι-σχω; ἔχω, ἔ-σχον.]

(strong form sāh) mfn. bearing, enduring, overcoming (ifc.; see abhimāti-ṣā́h &c.)

cl. 4. P. sahyati, to satisfy, delight, [Dhātup. xxvi, 20]; to be pleased, [ib.]; to bear, endure (cf. √ 1. ), [ib.]