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viharantīti

viharati

3rd person plural present indicative; surface form viharantīti (contraction)

1. viharati (pr): lives; dwells; stays (in)
2. viharati (pr): stays; remains; continues; abides (in)
3. viharanta (prp): living (in); dwelling (in); staying (at); remaining (in); continuing (in)

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart; asunder
  Marks clarity and separation. The prefix gives vi- + √har the sense of moving or maintaining position in different circumstances.
• har — root · carry; bear
  Indo-European *bher-, cognate with Latin ferre (to carry, bear), English 'bear'. Combined with vi-, it yields the sense of bearing or maintaining oneself through a state.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Marks the a-class present stem vihar-.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural present indicative
  The ending -nti marks 3rd person plural present tense. Here it attaches to the present stem viha-.
• iti — root · thus; quotative particle
  A quotation or reported-speech marker. The contraction of final -i of viharanti with initial i- of iti yields the surface form -īti.

Analysis. viharanti (3rd plural present) + iti (quotation particle 'thus'; here marking reported speech or indirect discourse). The surface form contracts the final -i of viharanti with the initial i- of iti into -īti.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder; clarity) + √har (to carry, bear). The prefix vi- lends the sense of moving or existing apart from one place to another, or maintaining separation; cognate with English 'whir' and Latin ferre (to carry) through Indo-European *bher-. In the compound viharati, the notion of 'bearing oneself apart' or 'carrying oneself through (a state)' yields 'dwell, remain, live'.

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

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