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

वृणीते • (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: वृणीते (vṛṇīté)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वृणीते vṛṇīté	वृणाते vṛṇā́te	वृणते vṛṇáte
Second	- -	- -	- -	वृणीषे vṛṇīṣé	वृणाथे vṛṇā́the	वृणीध्वे vṛṇīdhvé
First	- -	- -	- -	वृणे vṛṇé	वृणीवहे vṛṇīváhe	वृणीमहे vṛṇīmáhe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वृणीताम् vṛṇītā́m	वृणाताम् vṛṇā́tām	वृणताम् vṛṇátām
Second	- -	- -	- -	वृणीष्व vṛṇīṣvá	वृणाथाम् vṛṇā́thām	वृणीध्वम् vṛṇīdhvám
First	- -	- -	- -	वृणै vṛṇaí	वृणावहै vṛṇā́vahai	वृणामहै vṛṇā́mahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	वृणीत vṛṇītá	वृणीयाताम् vṛṇīyā́tām	वृणीरन् vṛṇīrán
Second	- -	- -	- -	वृणीथाः vṛṇīthā́ḥ	वृणीयाथाम् vṛṇīyā́thām	वृणीध्वम् vṛṇīdhvám
First	- -	- -	- -	वृणीय vṛṇīyá	वृणीवहि vṛṇīváhi	वृणीमहि vṛṇīmáhi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	वृणाते / वृणातै vṛṇā́te / vṛṇā́tai	वृणैते vṛṇaíte	वृणान्त / वृणान्तै vṛṇā́nta / vṛṇā́ntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	वृणासे / वृणासै vṛṇā́se / vṛṇā́sai	वृणैथे vṛṇaíthe	वृणाध्वे / वृणाध्वै vṛṇā́dhve / vṛṇā́dhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	वृणै vṛṇaí	वृणावहै vṛṇā́vahai	वृणामहै vṛṇā́mahai
Participles
	- -			वृणान vṛṇāná
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अवृणीत (ávṛṇīta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अवृणीत ávṛṇīta	अवृणाताम् ávṛṇātām	अवृणत ávṛṇata
Second	- -	- -	- -	अवृणीथाः ávṛṇīthāḥ	अवृणाथाम् ávṛṇāthām	अवृणीध्वम् ávṛṇīdhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अवृणि ávṛṇi	अवृणीवहि ávṛṇīvahi	अवृणीमहि 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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