vas + a · vassati 1.1 · vassati 2.1
rain
rains; utters a cry (by some animal)
Vassati 1 [vr̥ṣ, var̥sati, vr̥ṣate; Indo-Germanic ṷers to wet, cf. Vedic vr̥ṣa bull, varṣa rain, vr̥ṣabha (Pāli usabha), Avesta varšna virile, Latin verres boar; Greek ἄρρην virile, ἔρση dew; with which root is connected °eres to flow: Sanskrit arṣati, r̥ṣabha bull, Latin ros dew = Sanskrit rasa essence etc. Dhātum 471 gives "secana" as defn] to rain (intransitive), figurative to shower, pour (down) Vin I 32 (mahāmegho vassi); S III 141 (deve vassante); V 396 (the same); Snp 30 (devassa vassato, genitive singular present participle); Pv-a 6, 139, 287; Mhv 21, 33; Dhp-a II 83 (vassatu, imperative; vassi, preterit); 265 (devo vassanto nominative singular). — Cf. kālena kālaṃ devo vr̥ṣyate Divy 71. — causative II vassāpeti to cause to rain Ja V 201 (sakko devaṃ v. let the sky shed rain). — past participle vaṭṭa, vaṭṭha, vuṭṭha. Another past participle of the causative *vasseti is vassita. Vassati 2 [vāś to bellow, Vedic vāśyate; Dhātum 471: "saddane"] to utter a cry (of animals), to bellow, bark, to bleat, to crow etc. S II 230; Ja I 436 (of a cock); II 37, 153, 307; III 127; VI 497 (present participle vassamāna = vāsamāna commentary). — past participle vassita 2 .
(vas + a), 下雨，（鳥、獸等）叫。【過】 vassi。【過分】 vassita, (在 下雨的情況) vuṭṭha。【現分】 vassanta。【獨】 vassitvā。
(pr, pr) rains rains Construction: vassa + ti
(pr, pr) utters a cry (by some animal)