स्नु

{ snu }

हिन्दी (hindi) WordNet

   See : मांसपेशी, स्नायु, कंडरा

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

स्नु    1. ( cf. √ 1. स्ना) cl. 2. P. ( [Dhātup. xxiv, 29]) स्नौति ( accord. to [Vop.] also स्नुते; only in pres. base; Gr. also pf. सुष्णाव, सुष्णुवे; fut. स्नोता or स्नविता &c.),

to drip, distil, trickle, emit fluid, yield milk, [BhP.] ( cf. प्र-√ स्नु) :

Caus. स्नावयति ( aor. असुष्णवत्) Gr.:

Desid. of Caus. सिस्नावयिषति or सुस्नावयिषति, ib. :

Desid. सुस्नूषति, ib. :

Intens. सोष्णूयते, सिष्णवीति, सोष्णोति, ib. [ cf. Gk. νέω, νεύσομαι].
स्नु    2. ( ifc.) dripping, trickling, sprinkling (See घृत-स्नु).
स्नु  m.  3. n. ( accord. to [L.] also m. abridged fr. सानु and occurring only in instr. abl. sg., स्नु॑ना, स्नो॑स्; and in instr. loc. pl. स्नु॑भिस्, स्नु॑षु) the level summit or edge of a mountain, table-land, surface, height, [RV.]; [VS.]
स्नु  f.  4. f. = स्नायु, a sinew, tendon, muscle (only occurring in स्नु-तस्, ‘from the sinews or muscles’), [BhP.]
स्नु    5. a कृद्-अन्त affix to roots forming adjectives expressive of an aptitude to do what is implied by the root, [Vop.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

स्नु [snu]   2 P. (स्नौति, स्नुत)
   To drip, trickle, fall in drops, distil, drop, ooze or run out, leak out,
   To flow, stream.
स्नु [snu]  m. m., n.
   Table-land.
   Top, surface (in general). (This word has no forms for the first five inflections and is optionally substituted for सानु after acc. dual).
स्नु [snu]  f. f. A sinew, tendon, muscle.

Shabda-Sagara

स्नु  mn.  ( -स्नुः-स्नु)
   1. Table-land, the level summit or edge of a mountain. 2. Top, surface in general; this word has no forms for the first five cases; according to Vopadeva it is an optional substitute for सानु.
  f.  ( -स्नुः) A sinew, tendon, muscle.
    E. ष्णु to trickle, (the water or snow from it,) डु aff.; or ष्णा to bathe, कु Unādi aff.

ROOTS:

ष्णु डु ष्णा कु

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WordNet

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