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icchanti

icchati

pr 3rd pl of icchati (verb)

1. wishes; wants; desires (to)
2. moves; stirs
3. expects

Built from

• icch — root · wish, desire
  From IE *weik- (to seek, desire); the underlying imagery is movement toward, a reaching out or striving after something.
• a — ending · present indicative stem-marker
  Marks the present indicative system; -ti is the 3rd person singular, and -nti the 3rd person plural.
• nti — ending · 3rd person plural
  The -nti ending signals 3rd person plural in the present indicative, extending the singular -ti form to plural subjects.

Etymology. Root √ich (to wish, desire) is related to Sanskrit iccháti. The root likely stems from Indo-European *weik- (to seek, desire), cognate with Latin uicare (to choose) and Old English wican (to yield, give way). The concrete sense 'to move toward, to seek out' underlies 'to desire.'

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

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