Sanskrit

Root

रिच् • ‎(ric)

1. cl.7 P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxix, 4) रिणक्ति, रिङ्क्ते cl.1 P. (Dhātup. xxxiv, 10) रेचति
2. cl.4 Ā. (cf. Pass.) रिच्यते (ep. also °ति ; pf. रिरेच, रिरिचे RV. &c. &c.: रिरिच्याम्, अरिरेचीत् RV. ; p. रिरिक्वस्, रिरिचान ib. ; aor. आरैक् RV. ; अरिक्षि ib. Br. ; अरिचत् Kāv. ; fut. रेक्ता Gr., रेक्ष्यति, °ते Br. &c. ; inf. रेक्तुम् Gr.), to empty, evacuate, leave, give up, resign RV.
3. to release, set free ib.
4. to part with i.e. sell (‘for’ instr.) ib. iv, 24, 9
5. to leave behind, take the place of (acc.), supplant AV. TS. Br.
6. to separate or remove from (abl.) Bhaṭṭ. : Pass. रिच्यते (aor. अरेचि), to be emptied &c. RV. ṠBr. &c.
7. to be deprived of or freed from (abl.) Vikr. BhP.
8. to be destroyed, perish R. : Caus. (or cl.10.Dhātup. xxxiv, 10 ; aor. अरीरिचत्), to make empty Daṡ.
9. to discharge, emit (as breath, with or scil. मारुतम्), AmṛitUp. Pañcar.
10. to abandon, give up Kāv. : Desid. रिरिक्षति, °ते Gr.: Intens. रेरिच्यते, रेरेक्तिib. [cf. Zd. ric ; Gk. λείπω, λοιπός ;Lat. linquo, licet ; Lith. likti ; Goth. leihwan ; Angl.Sax. leo4n ; Eng. loan, lend ; Germ. li7han, leihen.]

Derived terms

• रिक्त ‎(rikta)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0880