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vacanīyā

vacanīya

masc nom pl of vacanīya (ptp); fem nom sg of vacanīya (ptp); fem nom pl of vacanīya (ptp); nt nom pl of vacanīya (ptp); …

1. should be said; should be answered; lit. to be said
2. should be spoken; should be told; should be said (to); lit. to be said
3. advisable; admonishable; instructible; lit. to be said
4. speech; address; oration; lit. to be said

Built from

• vac — root · speak, say
  Concrete imagery of utterance and vocalisation. Cognate with Latin vocare, English voice; all from IE *wek- 'to speak, utter'.
• anīya — ending · to be, worthy of
  Future passive participle suffix (gerundive), marking what is fitting, advisable, or obligatory. In this context it creates an exhortative sense: 'should be spoken' or 'worthy of being said'.

Etymology. vacanīya is a future passive participle (gerundive) formed from √vac (Skt. √vac) meaning 'to speak, say'. The suffix -īya creates the sense 'fit to be, worthy of being'. The root √vac is cognate with Latin vocare 'to call' and English voice, all descending from the Indo-European root *wek- 'to speak'.

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

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