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vivadanti

vivadati

pr 3rd pl of vivadati (verb)

1. disagrees; disputes; argues; quarrels; conflicts (with); lit. speaks apart

Built from

• vi- — prefix · apart, asunder
  Indicates separation or opposition. Related to dvi 'two'; works like Latin dis- to express things going in different directions.
• vad — root · speak
  Root meaning to speak or utter. Cognate with Latin vādere 'go' and English wade, reflecting an older sense of utterance as a step or movement.
• -a- — stem · thematic vowel
  Marks this as a thematic (a-class) verb stem.
• -nti — ending · 3rd plural present
  Present indicative plural ending marking the third person actors; -anti in full form, here -nti after the thematic vowel.

Analysis. vi- (apart, asunder) + √vad (speak): 'speaks apart', hence disputes or argues with opposing speech.

Etymology. From vi- (apart, in different directions; cognate with Latin dis-, Greek dia-) + √vad (speak; cognate with Latin vādere 'go', English wade). The prefix vi- conveys the sense of separation and opposition that underpins the meaning of conflict through divergent speech.

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

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