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smi

cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxii, 51]) smayate (mc. also °ti; pf. sismiye, or siṣmiyé [p. siṣmiyāṇá cf. upa-√ smi], ep. also -smayām-āsa; aor. asmeṣṭa, [Bhaṭṭ. 259]; asmayiṣṭhās, [MBh.]; fut. smetā, smeṣyate Gr.; inf. smetum, [ib.]; ind.p. smitvā, [Sāh.]; -smitya, -smayitya, [MBh.]), to smile, blush, become red or radiant, shine, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; to smile, laugh, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to expand, bloom (as a flower), [Kāv.]; to be proud or arrogant, [BhP.] : Pass. smīyate (aor. asmāyi), Gr.: Caus. smāyayati, °te (aor. asismayat; also smāpayati in vi-√ smi, q.v.), to cause to smile or laugh &c.; (Ā.) to laugh at, mock, despise, [Dhātup. xxxii, 37] (v.l. for smiṭ, q.v.) : Desid. sismayiṣate Gr.: Intens. seṣmīyate (p. °yamāṇa, [Nir. viii, 11]), seṣmayīti, seṣmeti, [ib.]

[cf. Gk. ϕιλομμειδής for ϕιλο-σμειδης; μεῖδος, μειδάω; Lat. mirus, mirari; Slav. smijati; Eng. smile.]