√ 1 lī, “cling”

√ lih

√ 1 lī

√ 2 lī

Present

I. láyate etc. V.B. (ni-) lāyata B

IV. lī́yate AV. ? B.+,-ti etc. U.C

IX. lināti

Future

Simple Future: leṣyati, lāsyati

Periphrastic Future: letā, lātā

Aorist

-s-Ao: aleṣṭa ŚB. alaiṣīt

-siṣ-Ao: alāsīt

Perfect

lilye etc. B.+, lilyus B.+ (ni-)layāṃ cakre ŚB. lalau

Causative

lāpayati etc. B.+ (lāpyate C.); lāyayati etc. C

Verbal Nouns

PPP: līna AV.+; Inf: letum C.; ²Abs: -līya E.+,-lā́ya B.S.;-lā́yam AV.B

Derivatives

láya B.+	-līyana C.	-lāyya ? RV.	-lāpya C.
láyana AV.+	lā́ya ? RV.	-lāyana C.	-lā́pana B.+
layú ? MS.	-lā́yaka VS.	-leya ? C.	-lāpayitavya C.

Compare √ ri, rī.

Meanings

lī́yate lī́yati (láyate 1 v only w. ni), PPP līna (q.v.) cling, adhere, stick, light or sit upon (of birds & insects); stoop, cower; slip into, disappear. Caus. lāpayati & lāyayati-> sub vi.

abhi cling to (A).

ava settle down, cower, hide. vyava stoop, cower.

ā cling or adhere to (L), sit down upon or in, stoop, cower, hide.

ni cleave or stick to (A), lie or settle down upon (L); layate (also apani) hide, disappear from (Ab). saṃni settle down, alight; hide or disappear in (L).

pra hide one's self; dissolve, be absorbed in (L); disappear, perish, die. saṃpra vanish, be dissolved or absorbed in (L).

prati disappear.

vi cling or stick to, cower upon (L); settle down, alight; conceal one's self, disappear, be dissolved, melt. Caus. (lāpayati & lāyayati) cause to disappear, dissolve, melt (trans.). pravi perish, disappear.

sam cling or stick close to (A), find room in (L); hide, be concealed; stoop, cower, contrP

Cf. abhilīna, avalīna (add.), ālīna, nílīna (add.), pralīna, vilīna, saṃlīna.