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viruheyya

viruhati

opt 3rd sg of viruhati (verb)

1. (of a wound) heals; cures; grows over
2. grows; develops; sprouts

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, outward
  Prefix indicating growth spreading in different directions or healing as tissue grows back together. Cognate with Latin dis- (divide).
• ruh — root · grow, sprout
  Root meaning to grow or sprout. The imagery is of something growing outward; related to Latin raucus and English rough, all sharing a sense of rough or protruding growth.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Thematic vowel marking the verb as a-class (first conjugation).
• yya — ending · 3rd sg optative
  Optative ending for third person singular, expressing a wish, potential, or conditional action.

Etymology. vi- (apart, in different directions) + √ruh (to grow, sprout). The prefix vi- adds the sense of growth spreading outward or healing by growing over. √ruh cognate with Latin raucus (hoarse, from the sense of rough growth), and more distantly with English rough.

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

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