विनक्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱিনক্তি (Assamese script)
ᬯᬶᬦᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
বিনক্তি (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဝိနက္တိ (Burmese script)
વિનક્તિ (Gujarati script)
ਵਿਨਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦶꦤꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂱𑂢𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ವಿನಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
វិនក្តិ (Khmer script)
ວິນກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
വിനക്തി (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡳᠨᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠸᠢᠨᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧒𑧁𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐶𑐣𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଵିନକ୍ତି (Odia script)
ꢮꢶꢥꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆴𑆤𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
විනක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩑𑩯𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚮𑚝𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
விநக்தி (Tamil script)
వినక్తి (Telugu script)
วินกฺติ (Thai script)
ཝི་ན་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒱𑒢𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨁𑨝𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wi-né-k-ti (“to separate, choose, set aside”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, an extension of *wey- (“to separate”). Possibly cognate with Proto-Germanic *wīhaz (“sacred, holy”), Old Norse vé (“temple, sanctuary”), Latin victima, English witch.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.nɐ́k.ti/, [ʋi.nɐ́k̚.ti]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋi.n̪ɐk.t̪i/, [ʋi.n̪ɐk̚.t̪i]

Verb

वि॒नक्ति॑ • (vinákti) third-singular indicative (class 7, type P, present, root विच्)

(agriculture) to winnow, to separate (grain from chaff)
to discern, discriminate, judge

Conjugation

Present: वि॒नक्ति॑ (vinákti)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	वि॒नक्ति॑ vinákti	वि॒ङ्क्तः viṅktáḥ	वि॒ञ्चन्ति॑ viñcánti	- -	- -	- -
Second	वि॒नक्षि॑ vinákṣi	वि॒ङ्क्थः viṅktháḥ	वि॒ङ्क्थ viṅkthá	- -	- -	- -
First	वि॒नच्मि॑ vinácmi	वि॒ञ्च्वः viñcváḥ	वि॒ञ्च्मः / वि॒ञ्च्मसि॑¹ viñcmáḥ / viñcmási¹	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	वि॒नक्तु॑ vináktu	वि॒ङ्क्ताम् viṅktā́m	वि॒ञ्चन्तु॑ viñcántu	- -	- -	- -
Second	वि॒ङ्ग्धि viṅgdhí	वि॒ङ्क्तम् viṅktám	वि॒ङ्क्त viṅktá	- -	- -	- -
First	वि॒नचा॑नि vinácāni	वि॒नचा॑व vinácāva	वि॒नचा॑म vinácāma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	वि॒ञ्च्यात् viñcyā́t	वि॒ञ्च्याता॑म् viñcyā́tām	वि॒ञ्च्युः viñcyúḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	वि॒ञ्च्याः viñcyā́ḥ	वि॒ञ्च्यात॑म् viñcyā́tam	वि॒ञ्च्यात॑ viñcyā́ta	- -	- -	- -
First	वि॒ञ्च्याम् viñcyā́m	वि॒ञ्च्याव॑ viñcyā́va	वि॒ञ्च्याम॑ viñcyā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Subjunctive
Third	वि॒नच॑त् / वि॒नच॑ति vinácat / vinácati	वि॒नच॑तः vinácataḥ	वि॒नच॑न् vinácan	- -	- -	- -
Second	वि॒नचः॑ / वि॒नच॑सि vinácaḥ / vinácasi	वि॒नच॑थः vinácathaḥ	वि॒नच॑थ vinácatha	- -	- -	- -
First	वि॒नचा॑नि / वि॒नचा॑ vinácāni / vinácā	वि॒नचा॑व vinácāva	वि॒नचा॑म vinácāma	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	वि॒ञ्चत् viñcát			- -
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अवि॑नक् (ávinak)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अवि॑नक् ávinak	अवि॑ङ्क्ताम् áviṅktām	अवि॑ञ्चन् áviñcan	- -	- -	- -
Second	अवि॑नक् ávinak	अवि॑ङ्क्तम् áviṅktam	अवि॑ङ्क्त áviṅkta	- -	- -	- -
First	अवि॑नचम् ávinacam	अवि॑ञ्च्व áviñcva	अवि॑ञ्च्म áviñcma	- -	- -	- -

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “VEC trennen, sondern, sieben, rütteln, sichten”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 576f.
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?1. *u̯ei̯k ‘aussieben’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 670