vicarati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• विचरति (Devanagari script)
• ৰিচরতি (Bengali script)
• විචරති (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိစရတိ or ဝိၸရတိ (Burmese script)
• วิจรติ or วิจะระติ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᨧᩁᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິຈຣຕິ or ວິຈະຣະຕິ (Lao script)
• វិចរតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄌𑄢𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विचरति (vicarati). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀭𑀇 (viaraï), 𑀯𑀺𑀬𑀭𑀇 (viyaraï), 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑀭𑀇 (vicaraï), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑀭𑀤𑀺 (vicaradi).

By surface analysis, vi- +‎ carati.

Verb

vicarati (first conjugation)

1. to move
   • c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā‎^[1], page 4; republished Yanɡon, Myanmar: Ministry of Reliɡious Affairs, 2008:

     Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṁ ṭhapetvā vicarati.

     'Catukkuṇḍiko': He moves with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground.

2. to walk
3. to wander

Usage notes

A place moved about in is expressed in the locative. A path moved along is expressed in the accusative.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "vicarati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	vicarāmi	vicarāma
2nd	vicarasi	vicaratha
3rd	vicarati	vicaranti
Imperative
1st	vicarāmi	vicarāma
2nd	vicara or vicarāhi	vicaratha
3rd	vicaratu	vicarantu
Optative
1st	vicareyyāmi or vicareyyaṃ or vicare	vicareyyāma
2nd	vicareyyāsi or vicare	vicareyyātha
3rd	vicareyya or vicare	vicareyyuṃ

• Present active participle: vicarant, which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: vicaramāna, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

vicarati

1. masculine and neuter locative singular of vicarant, present participle of the verb above