वै 1 P. (वायति)
1 To dry, be dried.
2 To be languid or weary, be exhausted.
वै ind. A particle of affirmation or certainty (indeed, truly, forsooth), but it is generally used as an expletive; आपो वै नरसूनवः Ms. 1. 10; 2. 231, 9. 49, 11. 78. &c. It is also said to be a vocative particle, and sometimes shows entreaty or persuasion (अनुनय).