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āgamehi
āgama
masc instr pl of āgama (noun); masc abl pl of āgama (noun); imp 2nd sg of āgameti (verb)
- āgama (masc): scripture; religious text; canon; lit. come here
- āgama (masc): occurrence; outcome; result; lit. come here
- āgama (masc): (gram) insertion; inserted consonant; augment; lit. come here
- āgama (masc): coming; arrival; approach; lit. come here
- āgameti (pr): waits (until); waits (for); (comm) expects
- āgameti (pr): expects; anticipates
- āgamehi (imp): wait!; hang on!; hold on!
Built from
- ā — prefix · toward, up to
Reverses the motion of √gam: from "going away" to "coming toward the speaker". Common in Pali verbs of arrival and approach.
- gam — root · go, come
Indo-European *gʰem- (cognate with Latin venire, English come). In its bare form means "go"; prefixed with ā, it means "come toward".
- a — ending · masc nom/acc sg
The nominalizing suffix that creates the noun āgama (coming, arrival) from the verbal root. In āgamehi, the root stem āgam- takes the masculine plural instrumental/ablative ending -ehi.
- ehi — ending · instr/abl pl
Masculine plural instrumental and ablative ending. In imperative contexts, āgamehi functions as 2nd sg imperative with intensified/urgative force (wait!, hold on!).
Etymology. ā + √gam (go). ā reverses the direction of motion: √gam "go away" becomes āgamati "comes (toward the speaker)". The noun āgama "coming, arrival" derives from the same root. Cognates: Latin venire (come), English come; the prefix ā has no direct European cognate but works like German her- (hereinkommen, come in toward).