दुष्यति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (bad). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дъждь (dŭždĭ).

Pronunciation

Verb

दुष्यति • (duṣyati) third-singular present indicative (root दुष्, class 4, type P, present)

  1. to become bad or corrupted, to be defiled or impure, to be ruined, perish
  2. to sin, commit a fault, be wrong
  3. to spoil or corrupt (the mind)

Derived terms

दुष्य (duṣya)

References

  • Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 488
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