Siniyhati [Vedic sniḥyate, sniḥ cf. Avesta snǣƶaiti it snows = Latin ninguit, Greek νείγει; Old-Irish snigid it rains; Latin nix snow = Greek νίγα = Goth, snaiws, Old High German sneo = snow; Old-Irish snige rain; etc. — Dhātup 463 gives the 2 forms sinih and snih in meaning pīṇana. Cf. sineha] (to be moist or sticky, figurative) to feel love, to be attached Vism 317 = As 192 (in definition of mettā). causative sineheti (sneheti, snehayati) to lubricate, make oily or tender (through purgatives etc.) Vin I 279 (kāyaṃ); Miln 172; Sv I 217 (temeti + s.); to make pliable, to soften Miln 139 (mānasaṃ). — past participle siniddha.
(pr, pr, pass of √snih) loves; feels affection [lit.] is moist Construction: sinihiya + ti