शुष् [ śuṣ ] [ śuṣ ]1 Root ( prob. for orig. [ suṣ ] , [ sus ] ) cl. [4] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxvi , 74) [ śúṣyati ] ( mc. also [ °te ] ; pf. [ śuśoṣa ] ; aor. [ aśuṣat ] ; fut. [ śoṣṭā ] , [ śokṣyati ] ; inf. [ śoṣṭum ] ; ind.p. [ -śúṣya ] Lit. Br.) , to dry , become dry or withered , fade , languish , decay Lit. AV. : Caus. [ śoṣayati ] (aor. [ aśūśuṣat ] ) , to make dry , dry up , wither , parch Lit. AV. ; to afflict , injure , hurt , extinguish , destroy Lit. MBh. : Desid. [ śuśukṣati ] Gr.: Intens. [ śośuṣyate ] , [ śośoṣṭi ] Lit. ib. ( cf. Gk. 1 for 2 ; Lat. (siccus) ; Slav. (suchati) ; Lith. (susu4) , (sausiu4) , (sau4sas) )