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vivareyya
vivarati
opt 3rd sg of vivarati (verb)
- uncovers; reveals; exposes
- opens; opens up; lit. uncovers
- clarifies; clears up; elucidates; lit. uncovers
Built from
- vi — prefix · apart, asunder
Signals separation and clarity. Related to dvi 'two'; works like Latin dis-. Here it reverses or undoes the action of covering.
- var — root · cover, hide, bar
From √vṛ (to cover). Cognate with Sanskrit vṛṇoti and English 'wear' (to wear away, expose). Concrete image: a covering or barrier placed over something.
- a — stem · thematic vowel
Connects the root to inflectional endings in the present-system verb class.
- eyya — ending · 3rd singular optative
The optative mood expresses wish, possibility, or mild command. In this form, -eyya marks 3rd person singular and conveys what one would or might do (here, 'would uncover').
Analysis. vi- (apart, asunder) + varati (covers, bars). The prefix vi- gives the sense of uncovering or laying bare by separating what conceals from what is concealed.
Etymology. From vi- (apart, asunder) + √vṛ (cover, hide), which is related to Sanskrit vṛṇoti and English «wear» (in the sense of wearing away). The root appears also in varaṇa (a covering, obstacle). The prefix vi- imparts the sense of opening or revealing by undoing a covering.