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āgacchāma

āgacchati

pr 1st pl of āgacchati (verb); imp 1st pl of āgacchati (verb)

1. comes (to); arrives (at); reaches; lit. comes here
2. comes along; approaches; lit. comes here
3. comes back; returns (to); lit. comes here
4. comes out; flows out; lit. comes here
5. happens; befalls; occurs (to); lit. comes here

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward speaker
  Reversal of motion: gam "go" becomes "come here". No common European cognate, but Sanskrit ā is identical.
• gam — root · go
  To move or travel. Related to Latin venire (come) and English come through the Indo-European root *gwem-.
• cha — stem · present stem
  Thematic vowel and linking element forming the present stem gaccha- from the root gam.
• āma — ending · 1st plural
  Marks first person plural in both present indicative and imperative mood.

Etymology. ā + √gam (go). The prefix ā reverses the motion of gam, turning "go" into "come (toward the speaker)". Cognate with Sanskrit āgacchati; gam is related to Latin venire (come) through Indo-European *gwem-.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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