लिख् [ likh ] [ likh ] Root (cf. the earlier form √ [ rikh ] ) cl. [6] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxviii , 72) [ likháti ] ( rarely Ā. [ °te ] ; pf. [ lilékha ] Lit. Br. ; aor. [ alekhīt ] Lit. ib. ; fut. [ lekhitā ] , [ lekhiṣyati ] Gr. ; [ likhiṣyati ] Lit. Hariv. ; inf. [ lekhitum ] , or [ likhitum ] Gr. ; ind.p. [ lekhitvā ] Lit. ib. ; [ likhitvā ] Lit. Hariv. ; [ -lí khya ] Lit. Br. ) , to scratch , scrape , furrow , tear up (the ground) Lit. AV. ; to pick , peck ( said of birds) . Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Hit. ; to scarify , lance Lit. Suśr. ; to produce by scratching , draw a line ( with or scil. [ lekhām ] ) , engrave , inscribe , write , copy , trace , sketch , delineate , paint Lit. Br. ; to make smooth , polish Lit. MārkP. ; to graze , touch Lit. MW. ; to unite sexually with a female (?) Lit. MBh. xiii , 2456 ( Lit. Nīlak.) : Pass. [ likhyate ] (aor. [ alekhi ] ) , to be written Lit. Kathās. Lit. Pañcat. : Caus. [ lekhayati ] ( or [ likhāpayati ] ; aor. [ alīlikhat ] ) , to cause to scratch or write or copy or paint Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr. Lit. Mn. ; to scratch , lance Lit. Suśr. ; to write , paint Lit. Yājñ. : Desid. [ lilikhiṣati ] or [ lilekhiṣati ] Lit. Pāṇ. 1-2 , 26. ( cf. Gk. 1 ; Lith. (re14kti) , " to cut. " )