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gacchathāti

gacchati

2nd person plural present indicative of gacchati

1. gacchati (pr): goes; walks; moves; wanders around; travels
2. gacchati (pr): becomes; lit. goes
3. gacchi (aor): went; travelled (to)

Built from

• gaccha — stem · go, walk
  Present indicative stem of √gam, showing the nasal infix (gam + n → gacch-). The root means to move or go, with cognates in English 'come' and Latin 'venire', all descended from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
• tha — ending · 2nd plural
  Marks 2nd person plural present indicative. This ending attaches to the verb stem to show number and person.
• ti — ending · quotation particle
  Marks direct discourse or quotation; here it introduces or reinforces the reported utterance 'you go'.

Analysis. gacchatha + iti: 'you go' + 'thus' or 'saying'; a quotation formula or direct discourse marker introducing speech.

Etymology. From √gam 'to go', cognate with English 'come' (from Proto-Germanic *kweman) and Latin 'venire'; the root is ancient Indo-European. The present stem gacch- is a nasal infix formation (√gam + -n- > *gamn- > Pali gacch-), parallel to Latin venire. The suffix -atha marks 2nd person plural; -ti marks the quoted material as discourse or emphasizes the utterance itself.

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

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