SfD cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xviii, 21 ; xxxiii, 61 ) Sa/rDati , °te ( pr. p. Ved. Sa/rDat and Sa/rDamAna ; Gr. also pf. SaSfDe ; aor. aSfDat , or aSarDizwa ; fut. Sartsyati or SarDizyate ; inf. SarDitum ; ind.p. SarDitvA or SfdDvA ), to break wind downwards (in ava- and vi-√ SfD , q.v. ); to mock at, ridicule, defy (with gen. ), RV. ; VS. ; to moisten, become moist or wet, Dhātup. xxi, 9 : Caus. SarDayati (only in ati-praSarDa/yat ), RV. viii, 13, 6 : Desid. SiSarDizate , SiSftsati Gr. : Intens. SarISfDyate , SarISfDIti , SarISardDi , ib.
SfD I. 1 A. (but Paras. also in the Second Future, Aorist, and Conditional) ( SarDate ) To break wind downwards. II. 1 U. ( SarDati-te ) 1 To moisten, wet. 2 To cut off. III. 10 U. ( SarDayati te ) 1 To strive. 2 To take, grasp. 3 To insult (as by breaking wind), mock, ridicule.