bhī भी – fear; be afraid
verbal root · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified · verb
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AYI dictionary verbal root
fear; be afraid
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine · verb
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bhī bháyate bibhéti1 ·v (bibhyati), pp. bhītá (q.v.) fear, be afraid of (abl. or gen., r. instr. or acc.); fear for, be anxious about (abl.). C. bhīṣáyate (°ti) & bhāyayati frighten, terrify. -- ni C put in fright. vi take fright. -- Cf. prabhīta, vibhīta, saṃbhīta.
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bhī́2 ·f. fear, horror at (abl., loc., acc. w. prati, or --°).
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · verb
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2. bhī, īs, f. fear, apprehension, alarm, dread, (sometimes at the end of a comp., cf. avadya-bhī.)
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bhī 1 . bhī, cl. 1. A. bhayate (Ved.); cl. 3. P. (Ved. and ep. also A.) bibheti (3rd du. bibhītas or bibhitas, 3rd pl. bibhyati, Part. bibh- yat, ep. 1st sing. A. bibhye), Impf. abibhet (3rd pl. abibhayus), Pot. bibhīyāt or bibhiyāt (3rd pl. bi- bhīyus or bibhiyus, bibhyeyus Mahā-bh. Śānti-p. 459), bibhāya or bibhayāñ-cakāra or bibhayām- āsa (3rd pl. bibhyus, Part. bibhīvas, bibhyuṣī, f.), bheṣyati, Aor. abhaiṣīt (2nd sing. abhaiṣīs, ep. mā bhais for mā bhaiṣīs, Ved. forms bhes, bhema), bhetum (Ved. forms bhayante, abhayanta, Part. bhayamāna, bhiyāna, Inf. bhiyase, cf. bhiyas below; according to the Dhātu-pāṭha even cl. 10. P. bhāyayati), to fear, dread, be afraid of (with abl. or gen., e. g. mṛtyor bibheti, he fears death; bibhemi -te, I fear thee; very rarely with inst. or acc.); to fear for, be anxious or solicitous about (A.): Pass. bhī- yate, Aor. abhāyi: Caus. A. bhīṣayate (ep. also P. bhīṣayati), bhāpayate, Aor. abibhīṣata, &c., to terrify, put in a fright, intimidate; bhāyayati, Aor. abībhayat, &c., to frighten or terrify any one (acc.) with anything (inst.): Desid. bibhīṣati: Intens. bebhīyate, bebhayīti, bebheti; [cf. Zend rt. bī, ‘to be frightened:’ Gr. φέβ-ο-μαι, φόβο-ς, φοβέ-ω, φοβέ-ο-μαι, φοβ-ερό-ς: Lith. bij-au, ‘I am afraid;’ baime, ‘fear;’ bai-dau, ‘I terrify;’ baisis, ‘terrible;’ perhaps belonging to the Caus. bhīṣaya; byaurùs, ‘deformed,’ see bhīru; baj- us, ‘fear,’ = bhaya: Slav. boj-a-ti, ‘to be afraid:’ probably Goth. fia for bia, fiangds: Mod. Germ. feind: Eng. fiend: Old Germ. bi-bê-n: Angl. Sax. bif-ian, beof-ian: Mod. Germ. beb-en = Intens. bebheti.]
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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2. bhī (= 1. bhī) f. Furcht, Schrecken AK. 1,1,7,21. H. 301. ṚV. 1,32,14. ṚV. 1,37,8. ṚV. 5,36,3. ṚV. 6,14,4. ṚV. 7,60,10. a̱nyama̱smadbhi̱yā i̱yamagne̱ siṣàktu du̱cchunā̀ ṚV. 8,64,13. tasmā̀dbhi̱yā dū̱ramā̀yam ṚV. 10,51,6. na tvā̱ bhīrìva vindatīm̐3 ṚV. 10,146,1. bhiya̱ṃ (bhiyaḥ AV.) dadhā̀nā̱ hṛdàyeṣu ṚV. 10,84,7. AV. 6,67,3. ŚAT. BR. 11,4,1,1. ŚAT. BR. 11,6,1,7. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,3,9. bhiyā TAITT. UP. 1,11,3. KATHĀS. 4,63. subhṛtyasya na bhīḥ saṃjāyate kvacit Spr. 5383. yato bhīḥ VOP. 5,20. na cāpi bhīstvayā kāryā bhīṣmādadya du sollst dich nicht fürchten vor MBH. 6,5095. bhīrna caiva tvayā kāryā rāmaṃ prati R. GORR. 1,22,14. vyetu me bhīrdhanaṃjaye MBH. 7,4270. mit seiner Ergänzung compon. P. 2,1,37, Vārtt. nāsikāchedabhiyā VID. 80. vītabhī adj. M. 7,64. apetabhī M. 197. — Vgl. avadya˚.
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1. bhī , bháyate (die im Veda herrschende Form), bháyamāna; bibhéti DHĀTUP. 25,2. P. 6,1,192. bibhītas und bibhitas u. s. w. P. 6,4,115. VOP. 9,31. bibhyati; bibhīyā́t und bibhiyāt, bibhyeyus (MBH. 12,459), bíbhyant (vgl. a˚); abibhayus P. 7,3,83, Sch.; abhaiṣīt; bhaiṣīs und bhais, bhaiṣṭa, abhaiṣma, abhaiṣus, ved. bhes und bhema; bibháya 1. sg., bibhāya (bībhāya AIT. BR. 5,25 nach unseren Hdschrr., bi˚ die Ausg.) P. 3,1,39. bibhyatus, bibhyus, bibhīváṃs (vgl. a˚), bibhyúṣī; bibhayā́ṃ cakāra (P. 3,1,39. ŚAT. BR. BHAṬṬ. 14,78), bibhayāmāsa VOP. 10,3. abheṣyat ŚAT. BR.; abībhayanta ṚV. 1,39,6. partic. ved. bhiyāná; pass. bhīyate, bhītá; sich fürchten (die Ergänzung im ablat. [P. 1,4,25] und im gen.): bhayànte̱ viśvā̱ bhuvànā̱ yadabhrā̀ṭ ṚV. 4,6,5. ṚV. 4,38,8. indrā̀dabhayanta de̱vāḥ ṚV. 5,30,5. ṚV. 5,78,6. ṚV. 6,23,2. yatà indra̱ bhayā̀mahe̱ tatò no̱ abhàyaṃ ka̱dhi ṚV. 8,50,13. sva̱nādu̱ta bìbhyuḥ pata̱triṇàḥ ṚV. 1,94,11. sa̱khye te̱ mā bhèma ṚV. 1,11,2. ṚV. 2,29,6. ṚV. 3,30,10. manàsā bi̱bhyuṣā̀ ṚV. 9,77,2. ṚV. 10,42,6. ṚV. 10,54,1. ramàdhva̱ṃ mā bìbhīta̱ mat AV. 7,60,1. AV. 8,2,23. AV. 8,10,1. dhāvàntu̱ bibhyàto̱ 'mitrā̀ḥ AV. 5,21,2. VS. 1,23. ŚAT. BR. 1,8,1,16. ŚAT. BR. 1,6,1,11. ŚAT. BR. 1,7,3,28. ŚAT. BR. 3,1,2,17. ekākī vibheti ŚAT. BR. 14,4,2,3. kasmādbhyabheṣyat ebend. yasyā diśo bibhīyāt ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3,10,11. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3,11,1. CHĀND. UP. 1,4,2. bibhiyādyasmāttasmātpratigrahāt M. 4,191. na bibheṣi — kiṃ matkopāt HIḌ. 3,17. MBH. 4,837. MBH. 5,5099. yadi daṇḍānna bibhyeyurvayāṃsi śvāpadāni ca MBH. 12,459. saṃjātaroṣātkasmācca devatā api bibhyati R. GORR. 1,1,4. R. GORR. 4,15,9. RAGH. 2,49. KUMĀRAS. 3,9. KATHĀS. 32,49. BHĀG. P. 7,9,15. BHĀG. P. 8,11,33. PRAB. 33,12. bibhyatam BHĀG. P. 1,7,2. yasya prabhāvādbibhyantaḥ MĀRK. P. 99,24. rāvaṇādbibhyatīm BHAṬṬ. 8,70. VID. 119. bheṣyate (impers.) munibhistvattaḥ BHAṬṬ. 16,40. nābibhyatsā — tatrātha kasyacit MBH. 3,2411. MBH. 3,4010. MBH. 3,14303. MBH. 4,665. tasya bibhīma MBH. 5,514. MBH. 13,2092. HARIV. 3516. R. 1,1,4. R. 2,29,4. R. 6,84,17. yadbibheti svayaṃ bhayam (subj.) BHĀG. P. 1,1,14. bhīrapi yadbibheti BHĀG. P. 8,31. mā bhaiṣīḥ R. 1,59,2. R. 1,64,5. ŚĀK. 29,7. BHĀṬṬ. 5,58. mā bhaiḥ HIḌ. 3,7. MBH. 3,2610. MBH. 4,1280. MBH. 5,7232. MBH. 5,7453. R. 1,55,25 (zu Vielen gesagt). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 32,6. MĀRK. P. 127,3. kumbhakarṇānna bhaiṣṭaṃ mā BHAṬṬ. 15,40. mā bhaiṣṭa MBH. 3,11479. HARIV. 11034 (S. 790). Auffallend sind der instr. (KAṬHOP. 1,12) und der acc. (BRAHMA-P. in LA. (II) 50,13) bei bhī. Das med. bibhye MBH. 3,16982. MBH. 13,398. fürchten für, besorgt sein für: na yuvāṃ grahaṇaṃ prāptau jīvitādbhetumarhathaḥ R. 6,1,28. bhītá sich fürchtend, erschrocken, in Angst seiend TRIK. 3,1,11. H. 365. MED. t. 40. HALĀY. 2,199. bhītasya svo mahimāpacakrāma ŚAT. BR. 2,2,4,4. ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,39. M. 7,93. M. 7,94. BHAG. 11,36. N. 12,86. bhītāsmi vijane vane MBH. 3,2364. MBH. 3,2369. MBH. 5,7038. MBH. 12,4282. R. 1,55,22. R. 2,51,8. R. 3,48,2. Spr. 3172. VID. 123. ˚citta DAŚ. 2,10. bhītā patanabhedābhyām ŚIKṢĀ_in_Ind. St. 4,268. maraṇādbhītaiḥ M. 11,29. akāryakaraṇāt Spr. 3367. MBH. 5,7444. bhayāt R. 1,55,23. ŚUK. in LA. (II) 34,15. ṛṣeḥ R. 1,8,20. VOP. 5,20. dhārtarāṣṭrasya MBH. 2,2361. mit der Ergänzung compon. P. 2,1,37, Vārtt. bhaya˚ Spr. 523. prāṇavināśabhaya˚ PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 53,17. śīta˚, raṇa˚, agni˚ Spr. 5073. mṛtyu˚ KATHĀS. 27,40. syandanāloka˚ erschreckt durch ŚĀK. 32. nirhrāda˚ BHĀG. P. 7,9,15. putrakalatranāśa˚ fürchtend für, besorgend PAÑCAT. 55,2. bhītabhīta über die Maassen erschrocken BHAG. 11,35. R. 4,18,12. Spr. 2049. KATHĀS. 4,78. VID. 266. subhīta Spr. 3277. bhītam adv. ŚIKṢĀ_in_Ind. St. 4,271. abhītacārin unerschrocken R. 5,37,39. bhītavat und abhītavat Spr. 2050. R. 1,2,12. bhīta n. Furcht MED.; vgl. abhīta und nirbhīta. — Vgl. bhyas. — caus. 1〉 bhīṣáyate erschrecken (trans.), schrecken, einschüchtern P. 1,3,68. P. 7,3,40. VOP. 18,19. hantemānbhīṣayā iti AIT. BR. 3,20. bhīṣayamāṇo 'tiṣṭhat ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,6. ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,14. yanmāṃ bhīṣayase vāgbhiḥ MBH. 7,6825. bhīṣayāṇo mahārathān MBH. 7,7995. R. 6,13,23. BHAṬṬ. 5,58. BHAṬṬ. 8,42. BHAṬṬ. 14,78. BHAṬṬ. 15,36. act.: nityaṃ cāsmān śvāpadā bhīṣayanti MBH. 1,185. MBH. 1,1480. vibhīṣikā- bhirbahvībhirbhīṣayansarvapārthivān MBH. 2,1433. mā sma yuddhena bhīṣayeḥ MBH. 5,2717. HARIV. 6454. iti taṃ vividhopāyairbhīṣayaṃstarjanādibhiḥ BHĀG. P. 7,5,18. bhīṣayitvā AIT. BR. 3,26. (mām) stanitena bhīṣayitvā MṚCCH. 85,20. bhīṣita MBH. 1,996. śailanipātena MBH. 1,8285. MBH. 4,1448. Spr. 5195. KATHĀS. 5,81. KATHĀS. 27,177. karṇanāsāchedopakṣepa˚ DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 193,15. — 2〉 bhāyáyate dass. Sch. zu P. 6,1,56. P. 7,3,40. VOP. 18,18. — 3〉 bhāyáyati Jmd mit Etwas schrecken: kuñcikayainaṃ bhāyayati Sch. zu P. 1,3,68. P. 6,1,56. P. 7,3,40. VOP. 18,18. śravaṇaparuṣairgarjitairbhāyayestāḥ (v. l. bhīṣayestāḥ) MEGH. 62. śarairbhīrumabhāyayat BHAṬṬ. 5,41. — insens. bebhīyate P. 6,4,115, Sch. — ā s. anābhayin, ābhīla. — ni caus. schrecken, einschüchtern: tapasā bhrātṛvyaṃ nibhāyya KĀṬH. 34,9. — pari s. paribhaya. — pra erschrecken vor (abl.): prabibhayāṃ cakārāsau kākutsthāt BHAṬṬ. 6,2. prabhīta (pratīpa ed. Bomb.) erschrocken MBH. 6,2630. — vi erschrecken (intrans.): mā vibhaistvaṃ (māpi bhaistvam ed. Bomb.) MBH. 14,269. tadviyogārtivibhītenāntarātmanā MĀRK. P. 71,13. — caus. schrecken, einschüchtern: na vepàsā̱ na tànya̱tendràṃ vṛ̱tro vi vī̀bhayat ṚV. 1,80,12. mā nàḥ soma̱ saṃ vī̀vijo̱ mā vi bī̀bhiṣathā rājan ṚV. 8,68,8. mā mā̀ rāja̱nvi bī̀bhiṣaḥ TS. 3,2,5,2. na vibhīṣayate kaṃcit Spr. 5195. vibhīṣaya bhīmanādaiḥ Spr. 2776. vibhīṣayanniva jagataḥ MBH. 5,5359. nāhaṃ śakyastvayā vācā vibhīṣayitumāhave MBH. 8,2015. — Vgl. vibhīṣaṇa, vibhīṣikā. — sam, saṃbhīta sich fürchtend vor Jmd (gen.) R. 5,38,10.
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1. bhī caus. 1〉 bhiṣayantī (sic) BHĀG. P. 10,9,11. — 2〉 lies bhāpáyate. — 3〉 bhāyayankrūrakarmabhiḥ KATHĀS. 106,126.
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1. bhī Sp. 293, Z. 14 lies intens.
Böhtlingk 1879 verbal root · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
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1. √bhī , bháyate, bibhéti, bibhye (episch), bháyamāna und bhiyāná; sich fürchten, — vor (Abl. oder Gen., ganz ausnahmsweise auch Instr. und Acc.), fürchten —, besorgt sein für (Abl.) mā bhaiḥ einmal auch zu Vielen gesagt. bhītá sich fürchtend, erschrocken, in Angst seiend, — vor (Abl., Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend), fürchtend für, besorgend (die Ergänzung im Comp. vorangehend). bhītam Adv. — Caus. bhīṣayati (bhiṣayantī metrisch im BHĀG. P.), bhīṣáyate, bhāyayati und *bhāpayate erschrecken (trans.), schrecken, einschüchtern. — *Intens. bebhīyate. — Mit ati heftig erschrecken. ˚bhīya NAIṢ. 6,68. — Mit ā in anābhayin und ābhīla. — Mit ni Caus. (bibhāyya) schrecken, einschüchtern. — Mit pari in ˚bhāya. — Mit pra erschrecken vor (Abl.) prabhīta erschrocken. — Mit vi erschrecken (intrans.). vibhīta erschrocken. — Caus. (˚bhīṣayati, ˚te, ˚bībhayat, ˚bībhiṣathās, ˚bībhīṣas) schrecken, einschüchtern. — Mit sam, saṃbhīta sich fürchtend vor (Gen.).
Original text · German · substantive feminine
2. bhī́ f. Furcht, Schrecken, — vor (Abl., Loc., Acc. mit prati oder im Comp. vorangehend).
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1. bhī IV. bhītam impers. (log. Subj. dṛśā) RUDRAṬA, ŚṚṄGĀRAT. 1,146. [Nachtrag, Band 7]
Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root
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bhī, bhīṣ — fear
Apte 1890 verbal root · substantive feminine
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bhī 3 P. (bibheti, bibhāya-bibhayāṃcakāra, abhaiṣīt, bheṣyati, bhīta) 1 To fear, dread, be afraid of; mṛtyorbibheṣi kiṃ ba la na sa bhītaṃ vimuṃcati; rāvaṇādvibhyatiṃ bhṛśaṃ Bk. 8. 70; Śi. 3. 45. 2 To be anxious or solicitous about (A.) — Caus. (bhāyayati) To frighten (any one) with anything; kuṃcikayainaṃ bhāyayati Sk.; (bhāpayate, bhīṣayate) to frighten, terrify, intimidate; muṃḍo bhāpayate Sk.; stanitena bhīṣayitvā dhārāhastaiḥ parāmṛśasi Mk. 5. 28.
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bhī f. Fear, dread, alarm, fright, terror; abhīḥ ‘fearless’ R. 15. 8; vapuṣmān vītabhīrvāgmī dūto rājñaḥ praśasyate Ms. 7. 64.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine · verb
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2. bhī́ f. Furcht, Schrecken, Angst vor (Abl., Loc., Acc. mit prati o. —˚).
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1. bhī, bhayate, bibhéti (bibhyati) sich fürchten (vor Abl. o. Gen., selten Instr. o. Acc.), p. p. bhītá sich fürchtend, ängstlich (vor Abl., Gen. o. —˚; für —˚). Caus bhīṣáyate (˚ti) u. bhāyayati ängstigen, einschüchtern.
Burnouf 1866 verbal root · substantive feminine
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*bhī bhī, bibhemi 3; p. bibhāya; f1. bhetāsmi; f2. bheṣyāmi; a1. abhaiṣam; pp. bhīta. [On trouve bhais pour abhaiṣīs avec mā; bhema 1p. pl. imp. vd.; de plus il arrive souvent que l'ī s'abrège ou se change en y, bibhitas, bibhyāt, etc.]. Craindre, ab., g. ou i, et qqf. ac. Gr. φόϐος.
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bhī bhī f. peur, crainte. bhīta (pp. de bhī) effrayé. — S. n. peur. bhīti f. peur.
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