वीक्षते

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *wí

Sanskrit वि- (vi-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷsder.

Sanskrit ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate)

Sanskrit वीक्षते (vīkṣate)

From वि- (vi-) + ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate).

Turner suggests Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (vekhati /⁠vekkhati⁠/) and Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀳𑀇 (vehaï) are descendants, but due to the vowel quality these seem more likely from Sanskrit अवे॑क्षते (ávekṣate) with aphesis.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋíːk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

वीक्ष॑ते • (vī́kṣate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, present, root वीक्ष्)^[1]^[2]

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Conjugation

Present: वीक्षते (vī́kṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षते vī́kṣate	वीक्षेते vī́kṣete	वीक्षन्ते vī́kṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षसे vī́kṣase	वीक्षेथे vī́kṣethe	वीक्षध्वे vī́kṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षे vī́kṣe	वीक्षावहे vī́kṣāvahe	वीक्षामहे vī́kṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षताम् vī́kṣatām	वीक्षेताम् vī́kṣetām	वीक्षन्ताम् vī́kṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षस्व vī́kṣasva	वीक्षेथाम् vī́kṣethām	वीक्षध्वम् vī́kṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षै vī́kṣai	वीक्षावहै vī́kṣāvahai	वीक्षामहै vī́kṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षेत vī́kṣeta	वीक्षेयाताम् vī́kṣeyātām	वीक्षेरन् vī́kṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षेथाः vī́kṣethāḥ	वीक्षेयाथाम् vī́kṣeyāthām	वीक्षेध्वम् vī́kṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षेय vī́kṣeya	वीक्षेवहि vī́kṣevahi	वीक्षेमहि vī́kṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षाते / वीक्षातै vī́kṣāte / vī́kṣātai	वीक्षैते vī́kṣaite	वीक्षन्त / वीक्षान्तै vī́kṣanta / vī́kṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षासे / वीक्षासै vī́kṣāse / vī́kṣāsai	वीक्षैथे vī́kṣaithe	वीक्षाध्वै vī́kṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षै vī́kṣai	वीक्षावहै vī́kṣāvahai	वीक्षामहै vī́kṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			वीक्षमाण vī́kṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalami: [script needed] (bīc̣h-)
- Kalasha: بھِیچِیک (bhíčik, “to aim at”)
- Kashmiri:
  Arabic script: وُچھُن (vuchun)
  
  Devanagari script: वुछुन (wuchun)
- Phalura: [script needed] (bic̣h-)
- Tirahi: [script needed] (bīč-)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899) “वीक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vī́kṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696

[1] Monier Williams (1899) “वीक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004.

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vī́kṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696

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