விடு

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪɖʊ/, [ʋɪɖɯ]

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *wiṭu.

விடு • (viṭu)

1. (transitive) to let go

   என் கையை விடு. ― eṉ kaiyai viṭu. ― Let go of my hand.

2. (transitive) to leave, quit, part with
3. (auxiliary) a verb having the force of certainty, intensity.
4. (transitive) to get rid of

   Synonym: போக்கு (pōkku)

5. (auxiliary) shows that an action is done to someone or something else.

   அவனுக்கு தலைமுடி வாரிவிடுவாயா?

   avaṉukku talaimuṭi vāriviṭuvāyā?

   Will you comb his hair?

6. (transitive) to pour

   செடிக்கு தண்ணீர் விடுவாயா?

   ceṭikku taṇṇīr viṭuvāyā?

   Will you water the plant?

7. (transitive) to permit, let, allow

   Near-synonym: அனுமதி (aṉumati)

   கொசு என்னை தூங்க விடவில்லை.

   kocu eṉṉai tūṅka viṭavillai.

   The mosquito didn't let me sleep.

8. (transitive) to split, separate, disentangle
9. (transitive) to abandon, forsake

   என்னை விட்டுச் செல்லாதே! ― eṉṉai viṭṭuc cellātē! ― Don't abandon me!

10. (transitive) to dispatch, send away
11. (transitive) to liberate, set free, release
12. (transitive) to leave off, discontinue

    கடிதத்தை விட்ட இடத்திலிருந்து மீண்டும் எழுதத் துவங்கினான்.

    kaṭitattai viṭṭa iṭattiliruntu mīṇṭum eḻutat tuvaṅkiṉāṉ.

    He started to write the letter again from where he left off.

13. (transitive) to omit, leave out
14. (transitive) to end, finish, conclude
15. (transitive) to emit, issue, discharge, give out, let out

    கொட்டாவி விட்டான். ― koṭṭāvi viṭṭāṉ. ― He let out a yawn.

16. (transitive) to send forth, discharge
17. (transitive) to throw
18. (transitive) to give, bestow
19. (transitive) to say, tell
20. (transitive) to describe in detail
21. (transitive) to publish, expose

    அறிக்கை விடு ― aṟikkai viṭu ― to publish a report

22. (transitive) to indicate, point out
23. (transitive) to express, give out
24. (transitive) to form
25. (transitive) to solve
26. (intransitive) to be separated, divided
27. (intransitive) to be opened
28. (intransitive) to loosen, release
29. (intransitive) to blossom
30. (intransitive) to appear, be formed
31. (intransitive) to increase
32. (intransitive) to stay
33. (intransitive) to remove
34. (intransitive) to cease, stop

    மழை விட்டுவிட்டது. ― maḻai viṭṭuviṭṭatu. ― The rain stopped.

35. (intransitive) to be split, broken or cracked
36. (intransitive) to be let off, discontinued
37. (intransitive) to leave interspace (as in writing)
38. (intransitive) to pause (in reading)
39. (intransitive) to lose strength
40. (intransitive) to become loose, disjointed
41. (intransitive) to be cut

    விட்டுவிட்டு வருகிறது ― viṭṭuviṭṭu varukiṟatu ― (It) keeps cutting out

Causative of the above.

விடு • (viṭu) (formal)

1. (transitive) to send away, despatch

   Synonym: அனுப்பு (aṉuppu)

2. (transitive) to let go

   Synonym: போகவிடு (pōkaviṭu)

3. (transitive) to free, liberate, release

   Synonym: விடுவி (viṭuvi)

4. (transitive) to emit, issue; to let out, give out
5. (intransitive) to receive permission, as from a superior

   Synonym: விடைபெறு (viṭaipeṟu)

• University of Madras (1924–1936), “விடு-தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• University of Madras (1924–1936), “விடு-த்தல்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• S. Ramakrishnan (1992), “விடு”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [1]
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• “விடு”, in அகராதி: தமிழ் → ஆங்கில அகரமுதலி [Agarathi: Tamil → English Dictionary], 2023