भाष् [ bhāṣ ] [ bhāṣ ]1 Root cl. [1] Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xvi , 11) [ bhā́ṣate ] ( ep. also P. [ °ti ] ; pf. [ babhāṣe ] Lit. Br. ; fut. [ bhāṣiṣyate ] or [ bhāṣitā ] Gr.: aor. [ abhāṣiṣi ] , [ °ṣṭhāḥ ] , [ °ṣata ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; inf. [ bhāṣitum ] Lit. Up. ; [ bhāṣṭum ] Lit. MBh. ; ind.p. [ bhāṣitvā ] , [ -bhāṣya ] Lit. ib.) , to speak , talk , say , tell (with acc , of thing or person , sometimes also with acc. of thing and person) Lit. Br. ; to speak of or about or on (acc.) Lit. Kām. ; to announce , declare Lit. Gobh. ; to call , name , describe as ( with two acc.) Lit. Mn. Lit. Śrutab. ; to use or employ in speaking Lit. Nir. Lit. Suśr. ; Pass. [ bhāṣyate ] (aor. [ abhāṣi ] ) , to be spoken , be addressed or spoken to Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. : Caus. [ bhāṣayati ] , [ °te ] (aor. [ ababhāṣat ] or [ abībhaṣat ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4. 3) , to cause to speak or talk Lit. MārkP. ; to cause to speak i.e. to think , agitate , disquiet Lit. R. ; to say , speak Lit. MBh. : Desid. , [ bibhāṣiṣate ] Gr.: Intens. [ babhāṣyate ] , [ bābhāṣṭi ] Lit. ib. , ( sometimes confounded with [ bhaṣ ] ; cf. √ [ bhaṇ ] and [ bhās ] ) . ( 755,2 )