to leave, abandon, lose; give up, renounce forsake. Ster. expln at Cnd.255 (and passim): pajahati vinodeti byantikaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti. Lit. as well as fig.; esp. w. ref. to kāma, dosa & other evil qualities
pres jahāti Snp.1, Snp.506 (dosaṃ), Snp.589; Dhp.91
imper jahassu Snp.1121 (rūpaṃ);
pot jahe Iti.34; Dhp.221; Ja.iv.58, & jaheyya Snp.362; Iti.115; Ja.i.153 Ja.iv.58
fut jahissāmi Ja.iii.279; Ja.iv.420; Ja.v.465; in verse: hassāmi Ja.iv.420; Ja.v.465
ger hitvā (very frequent) Snp.284, Snp.328; Dhp.29, Dhp.88, etc.; hitvāna (Snp.60) jahitvā & jahetvā (Snp.500)
inf jahituṃ Ja.i.138
pp jahita Snp.231; Kp.9; Mil.261
pass hāyati SN.ii.224; Snp.817; Mil.297, hāyate Ja.v.488 & hīyati Ja.ii.65; Snp.944 (hīyamāna), cp. hāyare Ja.ii.327;
pp hīna (q.v.)
caus hāpeti (q.v.). See also hāni hāyin, jaha.
Vedic root hā. Cp. *ghē(i) & ghī to be devoid (of), Gr. ξ ̈ηρος void of, ξ ̈ηρα widow, ξώρα open space (cp. Sk. vihāya = ākāsa), ξωρίζω separate; Lat her-es; Sk. jihīte to go forth = Ohg. gēn, gān, Ags gan = go; also Sk. hāni want = Goth. gaidw, cp. Gr.ξατίζω