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लिख् ( cf. the earlier form √ रिख्) cl. 6. P. ( [Dhātup. xxviii, 72] ) लिख॑ति (rarely Ā. °ते; pf. लिले॑ख, [Br.] &c.; aor. अलेखीत्, ib.; fut. लेखिता, लेखिष्यतिGr. ; लिखिष्यति, [Hariv.] ; inf. लेखितुम्, or लिखितुम्Gr. ; ind.p. लेखित्वा, ib.; लिखित्वा, [Hariv.] ; -लि॑ख्य, [Br.] &c.), to scratch, scrape, furrow, tear up (the ground), [AV.] &c. &c.; to pick, peck (said of birds), [VarBṛS.] ; [Hit.] ; to scarify, lance, [Suśr.] ; to produce by scratching &c., draw a line (with or scil. लेखाम्), engrave, inscribe, write, copy, trace, sketch, delineate, paint, [Br.] &c. &c.; to make smooth, polish, [MārkP.] ; to graze, touch, [MW.] ; to unite sexually with a female (?), [MBh. xiii, 2456] ( [Nīlak.] ) : Pass. लिख्यते ( aor. अलेखि), to be written, [Kathās.] ; [Pañcat.] : Caus. लेखयति (or लिखापयति; aor. अलीलिखत्), to cause to scratch or write or copy or paint, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] ; [Mn.] &c.; to scratch, lance, [Suśr.] ; to write, paint, [Yājñ.] : Desid. लिलिखिषति or लिलेखिषति[Pāṇ. 1-2, 26.] लिख् [ cf. Gk. ἐρείκω; Lith. rḗkti, ‘to cut.’]
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