| (H1) | ápi [p= 55,1] [L=10132]
or sometimes |
pi (» pi-dṛbh , pi-dhā , pi-nah) , expresses placing near or over , uniting to , annexing , reaching to , proximity , &c ([cf. Gk. ἐπί Zd. api ; Germ. and Eng. prefix be])
| [L=10132.1] |
in later Sanskrit its place seems frequently supplied by |
abhi.
| [L=10132.15] |
ind. |
(As a separable adv.) and , also , moreover , besides , assuredly , surely
| [L=10132.2] |
api api |
or api-ca , as well as
| [L=10132.3] |
na vā |
*pi or na apivā or na nacā*pi , neither , nor , cā*pi , (and at the beginning of a sentence) api-ca , moreover.
| [L=10133] |
is often used to express emphasis , in the sense of even , also , very
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| [L=10133.1] |
e.g. |
anyad api , also another , something more
| [L=10133.2] |
adyā |
*pi , this very day , even now
| [L=10133.3] |
tathā |
*pi , even thus , notwithstanding
| [L=10133.4] |
yady api |
, even if , although
| [L=10133.5] |
yadyapi tathā |
*pi , although , nevertheless
| [L=10133.6] |
na kadācid api |
, never at any time: sometimes in the sense of but , only , at least e.g. muhūrtam api , only a moment.
| [L=10134] |
may be affixed to an interrogative to make it indefinite , |
e.g. ko 'pi , any one
| [L=10134.1] |
kutrā |
*pi , anywhere.
| [L=10135] |
imparts to numerals the notion of totality |
e.g. caturṇām api varṇānām , of all the four castes.
| [L=10136] |
may be interrogative at the beginning of a sentence.
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| [L=10137] |
may strengthen the original force of the Potential , or may soften the Imperative , like the English " be pleased to "
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| [L=10137.1] |
sometimes it is a mere expletive.
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| [L=10138] |
api tu |
but , but yet.
| (H2) | api [p= 1314,2] [L=310770]
(also) suppose that, perhaps, |
Ja1takam.
| [L=310770.1] |
( |
api-api), as well-as, ib.
