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vivaranti

vivarati

pr 3rd pl of vivarati (verb)

1. uncovers; reveals; exposes
2. opens; opens up; lit. uncovers
3. clarifies; clears up; elucidates; lit. uncovers

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Prefix of separation and clarity, intensifying the following root. Works like Latin dis- (divide).
• var — root · cover, shut, enclose
  Cognate with Latin vēlum 'veil' and Germanic roots underlying English 'wear' (a covering). The root's concrete sense of physical enclosure underlies all its applications.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Marks the root as an a-class present stem, forming the present tense base.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural present
  Regular present-tense ending for 3rd person plural, indicating multiple agents acting now.

Analysis. vi + varati: vi (apart, asunder) + √var (cover, shut), hence 'uncovers, opens up by separating what is closed'.

Etymology. √var (to cover, shut) is cognate with Latin vēlum (veil, covering) and English wear (as in 'wearing' a garment that covers); the prefix vi- (apart, asunder, like Latin dis-) reverses and intensifies the root's sense, turning 'to cover' into 'to uncover' and 'to open'.

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

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