ग्रसति
Sanskrit
verb
Definitions
- to affect or control
- to seize with the mouth, take into the mouth, swallow, devour, eat, consume
- to swallow up, cause to disappear
- to eclipse
- to swallow or slur over words, pronounce indistinctly
- to suppress, stop or neglect (a lawsuit)
- to consume, swallow
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gras- (gnaw).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gras-
Gloss
gnaw
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bittercress English
- cress English
- cresslike English
- cressy English
- graminaceous English
- graminoid English
- paracress English
- pennycress English
- rockcress English
- watercress English
- wintercress English
- yellowcress English
- gramineus Latin
- grāmen Latin
- Kresse German
- кресс Russian
- γάγγραινα Ancient Greek
- γράω Ancient Greek
- κράστις Ancient Greek
- *gras- Proto-Indo-European
- *krasjon- Proto-Germanic
- cressa Old English
- kresse Middle High German