strī

1. stṛ

1. stṛ (or stṝ), cl. 5. 9. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxvii, 6 ; xxxi, 14 ) stṛṇoti, stṛṇute or stṛṇāti, stṛṇīte ( Ved. and ep. also starati, te; pf. tastāra, tastare [3. pl. tastaruḥ, tastarire] Br. &c.; 3. sg. [with pass. sense] tistire, RV. ; 3. pl. tastrire, AV. ; p. Ā. tistirāṇa, RV. ; aor. astar, sta

2. stṝ

1. stṛ (or stṝ), cl. 5. 9. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxvii, 6 ; xxxi, 14 ) stṛṇoti, stṛṇute or stṛṇāti, stṛṇīte ( Ved. and ep. also starati, te; pf. tastāra, tastare [3. pl. tastaruḥ, tastarire] Br. &c.; 3. sg. [with pass. sense] tistire, RV. ; 3. pl. tastrire, AV. ; p. Ā. tistirāṇa, RV. ; aor. astar, sta

3. stṛ

2. stṛ m. (only in pl. nom. stṛṇas [?] gen. stṛṇām [ v.l. stṝnām] and instr. pl. stṛbhis; cf. tṛ nom. pl. tāras) a star (as the ‘light-strewer’ or [ pl. ] the ‘scattered ones’), RV. ; Jyot.

4. strī

strī f. (perhaps for sūtrī, or sotrī, ‘bearer of children’, fr. √ 2. sū; accord. to some connected with Lat. sator ; nom. strī; acc. in later language also strīm and strīs pl. ) a woman, female, wife, RV. &c. &c.

5. strī

the female of any animal ( e.g. śākhāmṛgastrī, ‘a female monkey’), ŚBr. ; MBh.

6. strī

(in gram. ) the feminine gender, Nir. ; ŚBr. &c.