dah 1
dah cl. 1. Pdahati (ep. āso Ā
• p. dáhati impf. ádahat
• aor' adhāk RV. ii, 15, 4 ; 1 ṣg. ○kṣam MBh. vii
• 3. pl ○kskur Kathās.
• Subj. dhāk RV. i, 158, 4
• 2. sg. dhakṣi, iv, 4, 4
• p. dhákṣat also nom. m., vi, 3, 4 x, 91, 7 dáhṣat, i, 130, 8
• fut. dhakṣyati [Pāṇ. 7-2, 10 Siddh. Kār. 6] MBh. [Pot. dhakṣyet, i, 8383] &c
• dahiṣy○, i, 2120 BhP. iv Prasaṅg. xix, 7
• inf. dagdhum) to burn, consume by fire, scorch roast RV. &c
• to cauterise Suśr.
• to consume, destroy completely Mn. vii, 9 MBh. &c
• to torment, torture, pain, distress, disturb, grieve MBh. &c.: Pass. dahyate (○ti MānGṛ. ii, 15 MBh. if., xiif.)
• to be burnt, burn, be in flames AV. Nir. &c
• to be consumed by fire or destroyed Mn. vi, 71
• to be inflamed (a wound) Suśr. i, 28
• to be consumed by internal heat or grief, suffer pain, be distressed or vexed MBh. &c
• Caus. dāhayati to burn or be burned Mn. Yājñ. i, 89 MBh. &c
• to cause to be cooked Hariv. 15523 (aor. pl. adīdahan): Desid. didhakṣati (cf. ○kṣā, ○kṣu) to be about to burn or consume or destroy MBh. i-iv R. (p. ○kṣamāṇa): Desid. Caus. (p. ○kṣayat) to cause any one to make efforts to burn Bhaṭṭ. iii, 33: Intens. dandahīti, ○hyate (cf. Pāṇ. 3-1, 24 ; 7-4, 86) to burn or destroy completely Hariv. 8726 BhP. vi, 8, 21 (Impv. ○dagdhi) Śiś. Prasannar. vi, 32 and 48
• Ā. to be burnt completely Hariv. 7040 BhP. Pañcat. i, 8, 23/24 [Lith. degú, I am hot' ; Goth. dag-s ; Old Germ. tāh-t, 'a wick']

≫ dah 2
dah mfn. 'burning', uśá-
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William