शक् I. 5. P. (शक्नोति, शक्त)
1 To be able, be competent for, have power to, effect (usually with an inf. and translateable by ‘can’); अदर्शयन् वक्तुमशक्नुवत्यः शाखाभिराव- र्जितपल्लवांभिः R. 13. 24, Bk. 3. 6; Me. 20; sometimes, with acc. or dat.; Ms. 11. 139; with gen. also; see शक्त.
2 To bear, endure.
3 To be powerful. −Pass. To be able, be possible or practicable (giving a passive sense to a following infinitive); तत्कर्तुं शक्यते ‘it can be done’. −Desid. (शिक्षति)
1 To wish to be able.
2 To learn. −II. 4 U. (शक्यति-ते, शक्त)
1 To be able, have power to effect. To bear, endure.
3 To give.
4 To aid.
5 To know (mostly Ved. in these senses).