brūmi

brū

brávīti, brūté (only pr. stem;
the other forms are supplied by vac cf. Pāṇ. 2-4, 53 ;
brūmi for bravīmi R. ;
Subj. brávas, - vat RV. ;
Impv. brūhi, ep. alsoﾠ bravīhi, bruvadhvam;
brūtāt Pāṇ. 7-i, 35 Sch. ;
impf. abruvam for abravam Up. MBh. ;
pr. p. Ā. ep. bruvamāṇa for bruvāṇa; Prec. ;
2. pl. brūyāsta Nal. XVII, 36,
prob. w.r. for brūyāstat), to speak, say, tell (either intrans.;
orﾠ with acc. of pers. orﾠ thing;
orﾠ with acc. of thing andﾠ acc. dat. gen. orﾠ loc. of person = to tell orﾠ relate anything to;
with two acc. alsoﾠ = declare orﾠ pronounce to be, call) RV. etc. etc.;
to speak about any person orﾠ thing (acc. with orﾠ without prati, orﾠ adhikṛitya) Mn. MBh. Kāv. etc.;
to proclaim predict Var. ;
to answer (either intrans. with punar orﾠ trans. with praṡnam, « a question») Mn. MBh. ;
(with anyathā) to speak orﾠ decide orﾠ judge wrongly Mn. Pañcat. ;
(Ā., rarely P.) to call orﾠ profess one's self to be (nom., rarely with iti) RV. Br. MBh. ;
(Ā.) to designate for one's self, choose AitBr. ;
(Ā.) to be told by itself tell itself (tell its tale) Pāṇ. 3-1, 89 Vārtt. 1 Pat. ;
+ cf. Zd. mrū