पृच्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • प्रज्ज् (prajj)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • পৃচ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬧᬺᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • পৃচ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰴𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑀾𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ပၖစ် (Burmese script)
  • પૃચ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪ੍ਰਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑍃𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦽꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑃂𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪೃಚ್ (Kannada script)
  • ប្ឫច៑ (Khmer script)
  • ປ຺ຣິຈ຺ (Lao script)
  • പൃച് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᡵᡳᢜ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘵𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠷᠢᢋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧖𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑐺𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ପୃଚ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢦꢺꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑆸𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖴𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • පෘච් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰𑩙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ப்ரிச் (Tamil script)
  • పృచ్ (Telugu script)
  • ปฺฤจฺ (Thai script)
  • པྲྀ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑒵𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Probably an extension of पॄ (pṝ, “to fill”).

Pronunciation

Root

पृच् • (pṛc)

  1. to mix, mingle, put together with, unite, join
  2. to fill, sate, satiate
  3. to give lavishly, grant bountifully, bestow anything, bestow richly upon
  4. to increase, augment

Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पृच्‎ (0 c, 5 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • पृणक्ति (pṛṇákti, Present)
  • पृञ्चति (pṛ́ñcati, Present)
  • पिपृग्धि (pipṛgdhi, Vedic, imperative)
  • पर्चिष्यति (parciṣyati, Future)
  • पर्चिता (parcitā, Periphrastic Future)
  • अप्राक् (áprāk, Aorist)
  • अपर्चीत् (áparcīt, Aorist)
  • पपर्च (papárca, Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • पृच्यते (pṛcyáte, Passive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • पृचे (pṛ́ce, Infinitive)
  • पृचस् (pṛ́cas, Infinitive)
  • पृक्त (pṛktá, Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • पर्क (parka)
  • पर्चन (párcana)
Prefixed Root Forms
  • आपृच् (āpṛc)
  • उपपृच् (upapṛc)
  • सम्पृच् (sampṛc)

Noun

पृच् • (pṛc) stem, f

  1. food, nourishment, refreshment

Declension
Feminine root-stem declension of पृच् (pṛc)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पृक्
pṛk		 पृचौ / पृचा¹
pṛcau / pṛcā¹		 पृचः
pṛcaḥ
Vocative पृक्
pṛk		 पृचौ / पृचा¹
pṛcau / pṛcā¹		 पृचः
pṛcaḥ
Accusative पृचम्
pṛcam		 पृचौ / पृचा¹
pṛcau / pṛcā¹		 पृचः
pṛcaḥ
Instrumental पृचा
pṛcā		 पृग्भ्याम्
pṛgbhyām		 पृग्भिः
pṛgbhiḥ
Dative पृचे
pṛce		 पृग्भ्याम्
pṛgbhyām		 पृग्भ्यः
pṛgbhyaḥ
Ablative पृचः
pṛcaḥ		 पृग्भ्याम्
pṛgbhyām		 पृग्भ्यः
pṛgbhyaḥ
Genitive पृचः
pṛcaḥ		 पृचोः
pṛcoḥ		 पृचाम्
pṛcām
Locative पृचि
pṛci		 पृचोः
pṛcoḥ		 पृक्षु
pṛkṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “पृच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0645/2.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पृच्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 101
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पृच्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 175
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 329-30
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