gacchāmi

gacchati

pr 1st sg of gacchati (verb); imp 1st sg of gacchati (verb)

goes; walks; moves; wanders around; travels
becomes; lit. goes

Built from

gacch — stem · go (present stem)
Formed from √gam with nasal infix (-n-), creating the iterative present stem gacch-. Indicates ongoing or habitual motion.
ā — ending · 1st sg present
The first-person singular present indicative ending in Pali, marking the subject as the speaker performing the action in present time.

Etymology. Root √gam (Sanskrit gam-, Indo-European *gʰem- "to go"). Cognates: English come (from *gʰem- via Germanic), Latin venio "come" (from *gʷem-), Greek básis "step" (from *gʷem-). The present stem gacch- shows the characteristic geminate from the nasal infix present formation (*gam- + -n- > *ganch-, hence gacch-). This formation is typical of Sanskrit and Pali intensive presents: the nasal infix marks repeated or ongoing action, so gacchati conveys continuous going.

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

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