brU cl. 2. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 35 ) bra/vIti , brUte/ (only pr. stem; the other forms are supplied by √ vac , cf. Pāṇ. ii, 4, 53 ; brUmi for bravImi , R. ; Subj. bra/vas , °vat , RV. ; Impv. brUhi , ep. also bravIhi , bruvaDvam ; brUtAt , Pāṇ. vii, 1, 35 , Sch. ; impf. abruvam for abravam , Up. ; MBh. ; pr.p. Ā. ep. bruvamARa for bruvARa ; Prec. 2. pl. brUyAsta , Nal. xvii, 36 , prob. w.r. for brUyAs tat ), to speak, say, tell (either intrans. ; or with acc. of pers. or thing; or with acc. of thing and acc. dat. gen. or loc. of person = to tell or relate anything to; with two acc. also = declare or pronounce to be, call), RV. &c. &c.; to speak about any person or thing ( acc. with or without prati , or aDikftya ), Mn. ; MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to proclaim, predict, Var. ; to answer (either intrans. with punar or trans. with praSnam , ‘a question’), Mn. ; MBh. ; (with anyaTA ) to speak or decide or judge wrongly, Mn. ; Pañcat. ; ( Ā. , rarely P. ) to call or profess one's self to be ( nom. , rarely with iti ), RV. ; Br. ; MBh. ; ( Ā. ) to designate for one's self, choose, AitBr. ; ( Ā. ) to be told by itself, tell itself (tell its tale), Pāṇ. iii, 1, 89 , Vārtt. 1, Pat.
brU 2 U. ( bravIti, brUte or Aha ; this root is defective in the non-conjugational tenses, its forms being made up from vac ) 1 To say, tell, speak (with two acc. ); tAM… brUyA evaM Me. 101 ; rAmaM yaTAsTitaM sarvaM BrAtA brUte sma vihvalaH Bk. 6. 8 ; or mARavakaMDarmaM brUte Sk. ; kiM tvAM prati brUmahe Bv. 1. 46. 2 To say or speak about, refer to (a person or thing); ahaM tu SakuMtalAmaDikftya brabImi Ś. 2. 3 To declare, proclaim, publish, prove, indicate; bruvata hi Paleta sADavo na tu kaMWena nijopayogitAM N. 2. 48 ; stanayugapariRAhaM maMqalAByAM bravIti Ratn. 2. 13. 4 To name, call, designate; CaMdasi dakzA ye kavayastanmaRimaDyaM te bruvate Śrut. 15. 5 To answer; brUhi me praSnAn . 6 To call or profess one self to be. -WITH anu to say, speak, declare. — nis to explain, derive. — pra to say, speak, tell; Bk. 8. 85. — prati to speak in reply, answer or reply; pratyabravIccEnaM R. 2. 42. — vi 1 to say, speak. 2 to speak falsely or wrongly.