hand, arm
lag ( cf. √ lakz , lakza &c.) cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xix, 24 ) lagati ( accord. to Nir. iv, 10 also lagyati ; pf. lalAga Gr. ; aor. alagIt , ib. ; fut. lagitA , ib. ; lagizyati , Pañcat. ; ind.p. lagitvA , -lagya , Kāv. ), to adhere, stick, cling or attach one's self to ( loc. ), MBh. ; Kāv. &c. (with hfdi and gen. , ‘to penetrate to a person's heart’, Kathās. ); to take effect upon ( loc. ), Śiś. ; to meet, come in contact, cut (as lines), Gol. , Sch. ; to follow closely, ensue or happen immediately, Kathās. ; to pass away (as time), Pañcat. : Caus. or Caus. lagayati , or cl. 10. ( Dhātup. xxxiii, 63 ) lAgayati , ‘to taste’ or ‘to obtain’ ( AsvAdane , or AsAdane ). [In Hindī this root often means ‘to begin’.]
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lag I. 1 P. ( lagati, lagna ) 1 To adhere or stick to, cling to, attach oneself to; SyAmATa haMsasya karAnavAptermaMdAkzalakzyA lagati sma paScAt N. 3. 8 ; gamanasamaye kaMWe lagnA niruDya niruDya mAM Māl. 3. 2. 2 To touch, come in contact with; lagitumiva kftaprayatnA K. 193 ; karRe lagati cAnyasya prAREranyo viyujyate Pt. 1. 305 ; yaTA yaTA lagati SItavAtaH Mk. 5. 10. 3 To touch, affect, have an effect on, go home; viditeMgite hi pura eba jane sapadIritAH Kalu lagaMti giraH Śi. 9. 99. 4 To ( pb ) become united, to meet, cut (as lines). 5 To follow closely, ensue or happen immediately; anAvfzwiH saMpadyate lagnA Pt. 1. 6 To engage, detain, occupy (one); tatra dinAni katicillagizyaMti Pt. 4 ‘I shall be detained there for some days’. II. 10 U. ( lAgayati-te ) 1 To taste. 2 To obtain.