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api

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. äp-

äp- f. Wasser (RV [InstrSg apa, GenAbISg apäs, NomPl äpas, AkkPI apas, LokPl apsu u.a.; InstrPl adbhis, DatPl adbhyas, s.u.] +); äpya- im Wasser befindlich (RV). - Mi., ni., Tu 407, 1208, 14225, s. auch 501. - Iir., aav. jav. ap- f. Wasser (aav. AkkPI apas-Cä, jav. NomSg 4/5, GenSg apö, DatPlur aißiiö, u.a.), ap. ap- (apivä ‘ins Wasser’, api-Sim “im Wasser ... ihn’ [Hoffın in ApH 103], InstrPl abis), sogd. "p, mp. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. äp-, p. 136]

2. َة-

ap- "Wasser’, s. @p-. 168 äpas- - äptyd- äpas-, s.u. äpas-, 0.184. — [Mayrhofer, s.v. ap-, p. 222]

3. äpi-

äpi- m. Verbündeter, Befreundeter (RV +), äpya- n. Bundesgenossenschaft, Freundschaft (RV), äpitvd- n. dss. (RV [wohl auch in 8,4,3, s. Neisser 1,151}). - Nicht sicher erklärt. Gefällig ist Anschluß an gr. fnıoc “freundlich, gütig, mild’ (s. die Lit. bei Frisk 1 641); allenfalls unter Annahme einer Ableitung von api (s. zuletzt F. Bader, BSL 80 [1985} 70; Lit. bei A. Minard, BSL 56 [1961] c.-r. 60, s. dazu Schmidt, … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. äpi-, p. 223]

4. apī

2. apI (√ i), ( Ved. ) apyeti to go in or near; to enter into or upon; to come near, approach (also in copulation, RV. ii, 43, 2 ind.p. apI/ tyA ); to partake, have a share in; to join to pour out (as a river).

5. āp

1. āp cl. 5. P. āpnoti [ AV. ix, 5, 22 , &c.], ( perf. āpa, aor. āpat, fut. āpsyati, inf. āptum), Ā. ( perf. 3. pl. āpire, RV. ix, 108, 4 , p. pf. āpāna, RV. ii, 34, 7 , but also pres. p. āpnāna, RV. x, 114, 7 ) to reach, overtake, meet with, fall upon, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. &c.; to obtain, gain, take possession of RV. ; AV. &c., MBh. ; Mn. &c.; to undergo, suffer, Mn. ; to fall, come to any one; to enter, pervade, occupy; to equal: Pass. āpyate, to be reached or found or met with or obtained; to arrive at one's aim or end, become filled, TS. &c.: Caus. P. āpayati, to cause to reach or obtain or gain, ChUp. &c.; to cause any one to suffer; to hit, Kathās. : Desid. P. and Ā. īpsati and īpsate [ Pāṇ. vii, 4, 55 ] to strive to reach or obtain, AV. ; ŚBr. ; MBh. &c.: Desid. of the Caus. āpipayiṣati, to strive to reach, ŚBr. ;

6. āpi

1. āpi m. an ally, a friend, an acquaintance, RV. ; VS. (according to Sāy. on RV. ii, 29, 4 , from the Caus. ) causing to obtain [wealth &c.]

7. āpi

2. āpi mfn. ( fr. āpyai, accord. to some, ‘swelling’, ‘refreshing’, RV. v, 53, 2 ).

8. āp

2. A p (āāp) pf. A/ pa , to arrive at, come towards, RV. x, 32, 8.

9. َة

2. ap f. (in Ved. used in sing. and pl. , but in the classical language only in pl. , āpas) water

In the wild

6 of 266 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. api (vol. 3, scan p. 958; entry #19188).

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