रेळ्हि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• लेढि (leḍhi)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *léyǵʰti (“to lick”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λείχω (leíkhō), Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem), Latin lingō, Old English liccian (whence English lick).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́j.ɭ̆ʱi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾeː.ɭ̆ʱi/

Verb

रेळ्हि • (réḷhi) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root रिह्) (Vedic)

1. to lick
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.100.1:

     अ॒भी न॑वन्ते अ॒द्रुहः॑ प्रि॒यमिन्द्र॑स्य॒ काम्य॑म् ।
     व॒त्सं न पूर्व॒ आयु॑नि जा॒तं रि॑हन्ति मा॒तरः॑ ॥

     abhī́ navante adrúhaḥ priyámíndrasya kā́myam.
     vatsáṃ ná pū́rva ā́yuni jātáṃ rihanti mātáraḥ.

     The Guileless Ones are singing praise to Indra's well beloved Friend,
     As, in the morning of its life, the mother-cows lick the new-born calf.

2. to kiss
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.114.4:

     एकः॑ सुप॒र्णः स स॑मु॒द्रमा वि॑वेश॒ स इ॒दं विश्वं॒ भुव॑नं॒ वि च॑ष्टे ।
     तं पाके॑न॒ मन॑सापश्य॒मन्ति॑त॒स्तं मा॒ता रे॑ळ्हि॒ स उ॑ रेळ्हि मा॒तर॑म् ॥

     ékaḥ suparṇáḥ sá samudrámā́ viveśa sá idáṃ víśvaṃ bhúvanaṃ ví caṣṭe.
     táṃ pā́kena mánasāpaśyamántitastáṃ mātā́ reḷhi sá u reḷhi mātáram.

     One of these Birds hath passed into the sea of air: thence he looks round and views this universal world.
     With simple heart I have beheld him from anear: his Mother kisses him and he kisses her back.

Related terms

• लिहति (lihati)