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vaḍḍhanti

vaḍḍhati

pr 3rd pl of vaḍḍhati (verb)

1. increases; grows; develops (in)

Built from

• vaḍḍh — root · grow, increase
  From Indo-European *werdh- (to grow, turn green). The image is of organic expansion—plants swelling, prosperity growing.
• a — ending · present stem marker
  Marks the present tense stem (thematic vowel).
• nti — ending · 3rd plural present
  Ending for third person plural present indicative active voice.

Etymology. From √vardh (Sanskrit √vṛdh), meaning to grow, increase, or make grow. The Pali form vaḍḍh- represents the regular phonetic development of the Sanskrit root. Cognate with English "warden" (one who guards/makes grow), German "werden" (to become), and Latin "viridis" (green, alive with growth). The root carries the concrete image of plants swelling and expanding upward.

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

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