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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pr̩t͡ɕ/

Root

पृच् • (pṛc)

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

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पृच् (0 c, 5 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृच् not found

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

पृक्त (pṛktá) (Past Participle)
पृचे (pṛ́ce) (Infinitive)
पृचस् (pṛ́cas) (Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

पर्क (parka)
पर्चन (párcana)

Prefixed Root Forms

आपृच् (āpṛc)
उपपृच् (upapṛc)
सम्पृच् (sampṛc)

Noun

पृच् • (pṛc) stem, f

food, nourishment, refreshment

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of पृच्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पृक् (pṛk)	पृचौ (pṛcau) पृचा¹ (pṛcā¹)	पृचः (pṛcaḥ)
accusative	पृचम् (pṛcam)	पृचौ (pṛcau) पृचा¹ (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)
vocative	पृक् (pṛk)	पृचौ (pṛcau) पृचा¹ (pṛcā¹)	पृचः (pṛcaḥ)

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]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 329-30