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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pr̩t͡ɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pr̩t͡ɕ/

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]‎^[1] (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