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puccheyyāsi

pucchati

opt 2nd sg of pucchati (verb)

1. asks; enquires; questions (somebody about)

Built from

• pucch — root · ask, question
  From Indo-European *prek- "ask, request." Cognate with Skt. prच्छति, Gr. πυνθάνομαι, Lat. poscō. The root captures the act of seeking information by addressing someone.
• e — ending · 3rd singular present
  The thematic vowel marking present-tense verb forms.
• yy — ending · optative marker
  Pali optative formation with -yy- inserted before the personal ending, expressing potentiality or wish ("might ask").
• ā — ending · 2nd person singular
  Second person singular personal ending in the optative mood: "you might ask."

Etymology. Root √pucch-, related to Sanskrit √prच्छ् (prucchati, "asks"). The root has cognates in Greek πυνθάνομαι (punthanomai, "inquires") and Latin poscō ("demands, asks for"), all from an Indo-European base *prek- "to ask, request." The sense moves from audibly soliciting information to questioning.

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

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