1. sU (not separable in all forms fr. √ 2. sU ; cf. 1. su-zU/ , asu-sU , and √ 4. su ) cl. 6. P. ( Dhātup. xxviii, 115 ) suva/ti (in Br. also °te , and accord. to Dhātup. xxii, 43 and xxiv, 32 also savati and -sOti ; pf. suzuve/ , AV. ; p. suzuvARa/ , q.v. ; aor. asAvIt , sAvizat , RV. : Pass. sUya/te , Br. &c.), to set in motion, urge, impel, vivify, create, produce, RV. &c. &c.; to hurl upon, Bhaṭṭ. ; to grant, bestow ( esp. said of Savitṛ ), RV. ; to appoint or consecrate to ( Ā. ‘to let one's self be consecrated’), AV. ; TS. ; to allow, authorize, ŚBr. : Intens. sozavIti , to urge or impel violently (said of Savitṛ ), RV.
2. sU ( cf. 1. sU and √ 5. su ) cl. 2. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 21 ) sUte (1. sg. pr. suve , 3. sg. impf. asUta ; in later language also sUyate [ xxvi, 31 ] and in comp. with pra also -savati and -sOti [ cf. xxiv, 31 ]; pf. sasUva , RV. ; suzuve/ , AV. &c.; susAva , MBh. &c.; aor. asuzot , MaitrS. ; °zavuH , TBr. ; asozwa , ChUp. ; asOzIt and asavizwa Gr. ; fut. sotA , savitA , ib. ; sozya/ti , °te , Br. &c.; savizyati , °te , MBh. &c.; p. f. sU/zyantI , RV. ; sozya/ntI [ s.v. ] ŚBr. ; inf. sU/tave , RV. ; sUtavE/ , AV. ; sa/vitave , ib. ; sotum or savitum Gr. ; ind.p. sUtvA/ , Br. ; -sUya , MBh. &c.; -su/tya , ŚBr. ), to beget, procreate, bring forth, bear, produce, yield, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. sUyate ( aor. asAvi ), to be begotten or brought forth, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.: Caus. sAvayati Gr. : Desid. susUzati , ib.
4. sU ind. , Ved. and in some comp. = su , well, good &c. ( cf. sU-nara , sU-nfta &c.)
sU I. 2 4 A. ( sUte, sUyate, sUta ) To ( pb ) bring forth, produce, beget, yield ( fig. also); asUta sA nAgavaDUpaBogyaM Ku. 1. 20 ; kIrti sUte duzkftaM yA hinAsti U. 5. 31. -WITH pra to bring forth, beget, produce. II. 6 P. ( suvati ) 1 To excite, incite, impel. 2 To remit (as debt).
sU a. (At the end of comp. ) Bringing forth, producing, yielding &c. — f. 1 Birth. 2 A mother.