वच्यते

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *waćyátay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wačyátay, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥k-yé-tor, from *wenk- (to bend).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    व॒च्यते॑ • (vacyáte) third-singular indicative (passive, root वञ्च्)

    1. to move to and fro
    2. to be moved (the heart), to issue forth
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.142.4:
        ई॒ळि॒तो अ॑ग्न॒ आ व॒हेन्द्रं॑ चि॒त्रमि॒ह प्रि॒यम ।
        इ॒यं हि त्वा॑ म॒तिर्ममाच्छा॑ सुजिह्व व॒च्यते॑
        īḷitó agna ā́ vahéndraṃ citrámihá priyámá.
        iyáṃ hí tvā matírmámā́cchā sujihva vacyáte.
        Agni, besought, bring hitherward Indra the Friend, the Wonderful, For this my hymn of praise, O sweet of tongue, is chanted forth to thee.

    Conjugation

    Present: व॒च्यते॑ (vacyáte)
    Active Mediopassive
    Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
    Indicative
    Third -
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    व॒च्यते॑
    vacyáte
    व॒च्येते॑
    vacyéte
    व॒च्यन्ते॑
    vacyánte
    Second -
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    व॒च्यसे॑
    vacyáse
    व॒च्येथे॑
    vacyéthe
    व॒च्यध्वे॑
    vacyádhve
    First -
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    व॒च्ये
    vacyé
    व॒च्याव॑हे
    vacyā́vahe
    व॒च्याम॑हे
    vacyā́mahe
    Imperative
    Third -
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    व॒च्यता॑म्
    vacyátām
    व॒च्येता॑म्
    vacyétām
    व॒च्यन्ता॑म्
    vacyántām
    Second -
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    व॒च्यस्व॑
    vacyásva
    व॒च्येथा॑म्
    vacyéthām
    व॒च्यध्व॑म्
    vacyádhvam
    First -
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    व॒च्यै
    vacyái
    व॒च्याव॑है
    vacyā́vahai
    व॒च्याम॑है
    vacyā́mahai
    Optative/Potential
    Third -
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    व॒च्येत॑
    vacyéta
    व॒च्येया॑ताम्
    vacyéyātām
    व॒च्येर॑न्
    vacyéran
    Second -
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    व॒च्येथाः॑
    vacyéthāḥ
    व॒च्येया॑थाम्
    vacyéyāthām
    व॒च्येध्व॑म्
    vacyédhvam
    First -
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    व॒च्येय॑
    vacyéya
    व॒च्येव॑हि
    vacyévahi
    व॒च्येम॑हि
    vacyémahi
    Subjunctive
    Third -
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    व॒च्याते॑ / व॒च्यातै॑
    vacyā́te / vacyā́tai
    व॒च्यैते॑
    vacyáite
    व॒च्यन्त॑ / व॒च्यान्तै॑
    vacyánta / vacyā́ntai
    Second -
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    व॒च्यासे॑ / व॒च्यासै॑
    vacyā́se / vacyā́sai
    व॒च्यैथे॑
    vacyáithe
    व॒च्याध्वै॑
    vacyā́dhvai
    First -
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    व॒च्यै
    vacyái
    व॒च्याव॑है
    vacyā́vahai
    व॒च्याम॑है
    vacyā́mahai
    Participles
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    व॒च्यमा॑न
    vacyámāna
    Notes
    • The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.
    Imperfect: अव॑च्यत (ávacyata)
    Active Mediopassive
    Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
    Indicative
    Third -
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    अव॑च्यत
    ávacyata
    अव॑च्येताम्
    ávacyetām
    अव॑च्यन्त
    ávacyanta
    Second -
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    अव॑च्यथाः
    ávacyathāḥ
    अव॑च्येथाम्
    ávacyethām
    अव॑च्यध्वम्
    ávacyadhvam
    First -
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    अव॑च्ये
    ávacye
    अव॑च्यावहि
    ávacyāvahi
    अव॑च्यामहि
    ávacyāmahi

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