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viharasīti
viharati
2nd person singular present indicative with enclitic iti
- lives; dwells; stays (in)
- stays; remains; continues; abides (in)
Built from
- vi — prefix · apart, asunder
Intensive clarity; originally from dvi "two", marking separation or distinction. Cognate with Latin dis-, English asunder.
- har — root · carry, bear
Sanskrit √hṛ, Latin ferre, English "fare". Concrete sense of bearing or carrying that becomes the semantic of going about, dwelling, abiding in a place.
- a — stem · stem vowel
Thematic vowel forming the present stem vihar-.
- si — ending · 2nd singular present
Marks second person singular; -s- is the thematic present marker, -i the personal ending.
- iti — ending · quotative particle
"Thus"; enclitic particle used here to mark direct or reported speech, often in narrative contexts.
Analysis. viharasi (2nd sg. pres. of viharati) + iti (quotative particle "thus"); the form shows contraction or sandhi where the final -i of viharasi elides before iti.
Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder; also intensive clarity, from dvi "two") + √har (from √hṛ "to carry, bear"), literally "bears/carries apart", hence "moves about, traverses"; cognate with Sanskrit vihāra and Latin ferre "to carry".