kath कथ् – tell; say; explain

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

kath kath (this rt. is perhaps connected with katham), cl. 10. P., ep. also A. kathayati, -te, aor. acakathat or acīkathat, -yi- tum, to converse with any one (with inst. c. alone or after saha); to tell, relate, narrate, report, inform, speak about, declare, explain (with acc. of the thing or person spoken about); to describe; to denounce, betray; to suppose, state; Pass. kathyate, to be called; be regarded or considered as: Desid. cika- thayiṣati, to desire to tell; [cf. Goth. qvath; Eng. quoth and quote; Gr. κωτίλος, κωτίλλω.]

Original text · English · verbal root

kath 10 U. (kathayati-te, kathita) 1 To tell, relate, narrate, communicate (usually with dat. of person); rāmamiṣvasanadarśanotsukaṃ maithilāya kathayāṃbabhūva saḥ R. 11. 37. 2 To declare, state, mention; Bg. 2. 34; R. 11. 15. 3 To converse, talk with, hold conversation with; kathayitvā sumaṃtreṇa saha Rām. 4 To indicate, betray, bespeak, show; V. 1. 6; Māl. 8. 10; ākārasaṭṭaśaṃ ceṣṭitamevāsya kathayati Ś. 7. 5 To describe, relate; kiṃ kathyate śrīrubhayasya tasya Ku. 7. 78; kathācchalena bālānāṃ nītistadiha kathyate H. Pr. 8; Pt. 4. 37. 6 To inform, give information about, complain against; Mk. 3. 7 To denounce. 8 To suppose. — Pass. (kathyate) 1 To be called. 2 To be regarded or considered as.

Original text · French · verbal root

*kath kath. kathayāmi 10; pqp. acakatham. Dire, raconter: vistareṇa tout au long. Redire: akīrtim la honte de qqn. Converser: mānuṣe a saha avec un homme. Goth. qvath; angl. quoth et quote; gr. ϰωτίλλω.