smi , seemingly = asmi, I am : Gv 231.5 ( vs ), see §§ 4.7 ; 28.64 .
smi cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxii, 51 ) smayate ( mc. also °ti ; pf. sismiye , or sizmiye/ [ p. sizmiyARa/ cf. upa-√ smi ], ep. also -smayAm-Asa ; aor. asmezwa , Bhaṭṭ. 259 ; asmayizWAs , MBh. ; fut. smetA , smezyate Gr. ; inf. smetum , ib. ; ind.p. smitvA , Sāh. ; -smitya , -smayitya , MBh. ), to smile, blush, become red or radiant, shine, RV. ; TS. ; Kāṭh. ; to smile, laugh, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to expand, bloom (as a flower), Kāv. ; to be proud or arrogant, BhP. : Pass. smIyate ( aor. asmAyi ), Gr. : Caus. smAyayati , °te ( aor. asismayat ; also smApayati in vi-√ smi , q.v. ), to cause to smile or laugh &c.; ( Ā. ) to laugh at, mock, despise, Dhātup. xxxii, 37 ( v.l. for smiw , q.v. ) : Desid. sismayizate Gr. : Intens. sezmIyate ( p. °yamARa , Nir. viii, 11 ), sezmayIti , sezmeti , ib.
smi 1 A. ( smayate, smita ) 1 To smile, laugh (gently); kAkutsTa IzatsmayamAna Asta Bk. 2. 11 , 15. 8 ; smayamAnaM vadanAMbujaM smarAmi Bv. 2. 27. 2 To bloom, expand; Pt. 1. 136. — Caus. ( smAyayati-te ) 1 To cause a smile by, cause to smile. 2 To laugh at, deride. 3 To astonish ( smApayate in this sense). — Desid. ( sismayizate ) To wish to smile.