वै

{ vai }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A hedge or fence. 2 That member of a loom in and through which proceed the threads of the warp. see ओवी. 3 The earthen pots forming the piles around the बाहुलें at weddings &c. see वही.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  f  A hedge or fence.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  स्त्री.  कुंपण ; वई पहा .
  स्त्री. बहुल्या भोंवतीच्या मडक्याची उतरंड . वही पहा .
  स्त्री. ( विणकाम ) ओवी पहा .
०काठी  स्त्री. वैची पटटी ; कांबटी .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वै    1. ( orig. identical with √ 2. वा) cl. 1. P. ( xxii, 24"> [Dhātup. xxii, 24]) वा॑यति, to become languid or weary or exhausted, [RV.] ( शोषणे, [Dhātup.]);

to be deprived of ( gen.), [RV. viii.47, 6];

P. and ( ep. also Ā.), to blow, [Āpast.]; [MBh.]
वै  n.  2. ind. a particle of emphasis and affirmation, generally placed after a word and laying stress on it ( it is usually translatable by ‘ indeed’, ‘ truly’, ‘ certainly’, ‘ verily’, ‘ just’ &c.; it is very rare in the [RV.]; more frequent in the [AV.], and very common in the ब्राह्मणs and in works that imitate their style; in the सूत्रs it is less frequent and almost restricted to the combination यद्य् उ वै; in मनु, [MBh.] and the काव्यs it mostly appears at the end of a line, and as a mere expletive. In [RV.] it is frequently followed by उ in the combination वा॑ उ [both particles are separated, 18, 3">v, 18, 3] ; it is also preceded by उ and various other particles e.g. by इ॑द्, अ॑ह, उत॑; in the ब्राह्मणs it often follows ह, ह स्म, एव; in later language अपि and तु. accord. to some it is also a vocative particle).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वै [vai]   1 P. (वायति)
   To dry, be dried.
   To be languid or weary, be exhausted.
वै [vai]   ind. A particle of affirmation or certainty ( indeed, truly, forsooth), but it is generally used as an expletive; आपो वै नरसूनवः [Ms.1.1;2.231;9.49;] 11.78 &c. it is also said to be a vocative particle, and sometimes shows entreaty or persuasion ( अनुनय).

Shabda-Sagara

वै(ओ)ओवै   r. 1st cl. ( वायति)
वै(ओ)ओवै   1. To dry, to become dried or withered. 2. To be languid or weary.
वै   Ind.
   1. A particle of affirmation, (so, indeed.)
   2. An expletive.
   3. A vocative particle.
    E. वा to go, aff. डै .

ROOTS:

वा डै .