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iccheyyāsi

icchati

opt 2nd sg of icchati (verb)

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

Built from

• icch — root · wish, desire
  √ich, Sanskrit icchati 'wishes', with underlying sense of lack or want. Cognate to English eke 'increase' (from needing more) and German hehlen 'to conceal' (what is wanting/missing).
• e — ending · optative stem formant
  Marks the optative mood stem in Pali, expressing wish or condition.
• yā — ending · 2nd sg optative
  Secondary ending for 2nd person singular optative, conveying 'you would wish' or 'may you wish'.

Etymology. Root √ich, related to Sanskrit icchati and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ek- (to lack, to want). The sense moves from 'to be in want of' to 'to desire' and 'to wish for'.

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

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