वृणीते

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

वृणाति (vṛṇāti) — parasmaipada
वृणोति (vṛṇoti)

Alternative scripts

ৱৃণীতে (Assamese script)
ᬯᬺᬡᬷᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
বৃণীতে (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰴𑰜𑰱𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀾𑀡𑀻𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ဝၖဏီတေ (Burmese script)
વૃણીતે (Gujarati script)
ਵ੍ਰਣੀਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍃𑌣𑍀𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦽꦟꦷꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑃂𑂝𑂲𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ವೃಣೀತೇ (Kannada script)
វ្ឫណីតេ (Khmer script)
ວ຺ຣິຓີເຕ (Lao script)
വൃണീതേ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡵᡳᢏᡳᡳᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘵𑘜𑘲𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠸᠷᠢᢏᠢᠢᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧖𑦼𑧓𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐺𑐞𑐷𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଵୃଣୀତେ (Odia script)
ꢮꢺꢠꢷꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆸𑆟𑆵𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖴𑖜𑖱𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
වෘණීතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩙𑩪𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚘𑚯𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
வ்ரிணீதே (Tamil script)
వృణీతే (Telugu script)
วฺฤณีเต (Thai script)
ཝྲྀ་ཎཱི་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒵𑒝𑒲𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨘𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥nHtáy, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥nh₁-tóy, from the root *welh₁- (“to choose”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬉 (vərəṇtē). Related to Latin volō (“to wish”), Proto-Slavic *volìti, and Old English willan (whence English will).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩.ɳiː.tɐ́j/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩.ɳiː.t̪eː/

Verb

वृ॒णी॒ते • (vṛṇīté) third-singular indicative (root वृ)^[1]

to choose, select, choose for one's self, choose as [with -अर्थे (-arthe) or accusative of person] or for [with -अर्थम् (-artham) or dative, locative, instrumental of thing]
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
to choose in marriage, woo
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
to ask a person [with accusative] for [with accusative] or on behalf of [with कृते (kṛte)]
to solicit anything [with accusative] from [with ablative or -तस् (-tas)]
to ask or request that [with optative with or without इति (iti)]
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
to like better than, prefer to [with ablative, rarely instrumental]
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
to like, love (as opposed to ‘hate’)
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata v.4149
to choose or pick out a person (for a boon), grant (a boon) to [with accusative]
- Rājat iii.421

Conjugation

Present: वृ॒णी॒ते (vṛṇīté)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णी॒ते vṛṇīté	वृ॒णाते॑ vṛṇā́te	वृ॒णते॑ vṛṇáte
Second	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णी॒षे vṛṇīṣé	वृ॒णाथे॑ vṛṇā́the	वृ॒णी॒ध्वे vṛṇīdhvé
First	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णे vṛṇé	वृ॒णी॒वहे॑ vṛṇīváhe	वृ॒णी॒महे॑ vṛṇīmáhe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णी॒ताम् vṛṇītā́m	वृ॒णाता॑म् vṛṇā́tām	वृ॒णता॑म् vṛṇátām
Second	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णी॒ष्व vṛṇīṣvá	वृ॒णाथा॑म् vṛṇā́thām	वृ॒णी॒ध्वम् vṛṇīdhvám
First	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णै vṛṇái	वृ॒णाव॑है vṛṇā́vahai	वृ॒णाम॑है vṛṇā́mahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णी॒त vṛṇītá	वृ॒णी॒याता॑म् vṛṇīyā́tām	वृ॒णी॒रन् vṛṇīrán
Second	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णी॒थाः vṛṇīthā́ḥ	वृ॒णी॒याथा॑म् vṛṇīyā́thām	वृ॒णी॒ध्वम् vṛṇīdhvám
First	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णी॒य vṛṇīyá	वृ॒णी॒वहि॑ vṛṇīváhi	वृ॒णी॒महि॑ vṛṇīmáhi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णाते॑ / वृ॒णातै॑ vṛṇā́te / vṛṇā́tai	वृ॒णैते॑ vṛṇáite	वृ॒णान्त॑ / वृ॒णान्तै॑ vṛṇā́nta / vṛṇā́ntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णासे॑ / वृ॒णासै॑ vṛṇā́se / vṛṇā́sai	वृ॒णैथे॑ vṛṇáithe	वृ॒णाध्वे॑ / वृ॒णाध्वै॑ vṛṇā́dhve / vṛṇā́dhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	वृ॒णै vṛṇái	वृ॒णाव॑है vṛṇā́vahai	वृ॒णाम॑है vṛṇā́mahai
Participles
	- -			वृ॒णा॒न vṛṇāná
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अवृ॑णीत (ávṛṇīta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अवृ॑णीत ávṛṇīta	अवृ॑णाताम् ávṛṇātām	अवृ॑णत ávṛṇata
Second	- -	- -	- -	अवृ॑णीथाः ávṛṇīthāḥ	अवृ॑णाथाम् ávṛṇāthām	अवृ॑णीध्वम् ávṛṇīdhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अवृ॑णि ávṛṇi	अवृ॑णीवहि ávṛṇīvahi	अवृ॑णीमहि ávṛṇīmahi

References

^ Monier Williams (1899), “वृणीते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1007.

[1] Monier Williams (1899), “वृणीते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1007.

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