वच्यते
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱচ্যতে (Assamese script)
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Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wenk-
Proto-Indo-European *wn̥k-yé-tor
Proto-Indo-Iranian *wačyátay
Proto-Indo-Aryan *waćyátay
Sanskrit व॒च्यते॑
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *waćyátay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wačyátay, from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥k-yé-tor, from *wenk- (“to bend”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐt͡ɕ.jɐ́.tɐj/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐt͡ɕ.jɐ.t̪eː/
Verb
व॒च्यते॑ • (vacyáte) third-singular indicative (passive, root वञ्च्)
- to move to and fro
- 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.
- īḷitó agna ā́ vahéndraṃ citrámihá priyámá.
- ई॒ळि॒तो अ॑ग्न॒ आ व॒हेन्द्रं॑ चि॒त्रमि॒ह प्रि॒यम ।
Conjugation
| Present: व॒च्यते॑ (vacyáte) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Mediopassive | ||||||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Indicative | |||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्यते॑ vacyáte |
व॒च्येते॑ vacyéte |
व॒च्यन्ते॑ vacyánte | |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्यसे॑ vacyáse |
व॒च्येथे॑ vacyéthe |
व॒च्यध्वे॑ vacyádhve | |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्ये vacyé |
व॒च्याव॑हे vacyā́vahe |
व॒च्याम॑हे vacyā́mahe | |
| Imperative | |||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्यता॑म् vacyátām |
व॒च्येता॑म् vacyétām |
व॒च्यन्ता॑म् vacyántām | |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्यस्व॑ vacyásva |
व॒च्येथा॑म् vacyéthām |
व॒च्यध्व॑म् vacyádhvam | |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्यै vacyái |
व॒च्याव॑है vacyā́vahai |
व॒च्याम॑है vacyā́mahai | |
| Optative/Potential | |||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्येत॑ vacyéta |
व॒च्येया॑ताम् vacyéyātām |
व॒च्येर॑न् vacyéran | |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्येथाः॑ vacyéthāḥ |
व॒च्येया॑थाम् vacyéyāthām |
व॒च्येध्व॑म् vacyédhvam | |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्येय॑ vacyéya |
व॒च्येव॑हि vacyévahi |
व॒च्येम॑हि vacyémahi | |
| Subjunctive | |||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्याते॑ / व॒च्यातै॑ vacyā́te / vacyā́tai |
व॒च्यैते॑ vacyáite |
व॒च्यन्त॑ / व॒च्यान्तै॑ vacyánta / vacyā́ntai | |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्यासे॑ / व॒च्यासै॑ vacyā́se / vacyā́sai |
व॒च्यैथे॑ vacyáithe |
व॒च्याध्वै॑ vacyā́dhvai | |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
व॒च्यै vacyái |
व॒च्याव॑है vacyā́vahai |
व॒च्याम॑है vacyā́mahai | |
| Participles | |||||||
| - - |
व॒च्यमा॑न vacyámāna | ||||||
| Notes |
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| Imperfect: अव॑च्यत (ávacyata) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Mediopassive | |||||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Indicative | ||||||
| Third | - - |
- - |
- - |
अव॑च्यत ávacyata |
अव॑च्येताम् ávacyetām |
अव॑च्यन्त ávacyanta |
| Second | - - |
- - |
- - |
अव॑च्यथाः ávacyathāḥ |
अव॑च्येथाम् ávacyethām |
अव॑च्यध्वम् ávacyadhvam |
| First | - - |
- - |
- - |
अव॑च्ये ávacye |
अव॑च्यावहि ávacyāvahi |
अव॑च्यामहि ávacyāmahi |
Descendants
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kohistani:
- Kalami: بچنت (bäčant, “to go”)
- Kohistani:
- Prakrit: 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (vaccaï)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Assamese: বাচিব (basibo, “to escape, be saved”), বাচ (bas)
- Maithili: बचब (bacaba), बचाब (bacāba, “to escape, be saved”)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Garhwali: बच्णु (bacṇu)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: ਬਚਣਾ (bacṇā, “to escape, be saved”)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
References
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*u̯enk-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 683
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “váñcati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 654