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viharāmīti

viharati

1st person singular present indicative + iti (quotative particle)

1. lives; dwells; stays (in)
2. stays; remains; continues; abides (in)

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Intensive clarity and separation; conduct is bearing oneself in a distinct manner.
• har — root · bear, carry
  Cognate with English 'bear', German 'gebären'; to carry oneself, hence to dwell or live.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Marks the thematic present class (a-conjugation).
• mi — ending · 1st sg. present
  Active voice, present tense, first person singular.
• iti — prefix · thus, quotative
  Marks direct speech or the content of thought; 'saying' or 'thinking thus'.

Analysis. viharāmi (1st sg. pres. of viharati) + iti (quotative particle 'thus, saying'); the iti marks direct speech or a quoted thought.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder; also intensive clarity) + √har (√bhṛ in Sanskrit, 'to bear, carry'). The root is cognate with English 'bear' and German 'gebären'; the prefix vi- suggests 'bearing oneself apart' or 'conducting oneself in a particular way', hence 'dwelling, abiding'. In doctrinal contexts, viharati denotes how one lives according to the path—e.g. brahmacariyaṁ viharati 'lives the holy life'.

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

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