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vivari

aor 3rd sg of vivari (verb); aor 2nd sg of vivari (verb)

1. opened; lit. uncovered
2. exposed; uncovered
3. made clear, analysed; lit. uncovered

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Prefix marking separation and clarity. From PIE *dwei- 'two', imaging division into distinct parts; works like Latin dis-. Here it reverses the sense of covering into uncovering.
• var — root · cover, shut, obstruct
  √var (to cover, close off). Appears in Pali varaṇa 'obstruction' and varaṇī 'door'. Cognate with Latin operio 'I cover'.
• i — ending · aorist 3rd/2nd sg
  Aorist suffix marking simple past; 3rd singular 'he/she/it opened' or 2nd singular 'you opened' depending on context.

Analysis. vi- (apart, asunder) + varati (covers, shuts). The prefix vi- gives the sense of opening out, laying bare.

Etymology. From vi- (apart, asunder, from PIE *dwei- 'two', marking separation) + √var (to cover, shut). Cognate with Latin operio (I cover), Greek rhuptō (I cover); the root √var appears in Pali varaṇa (covering, obstruction). The prefix vi- carries the concrete image of things split apart and exposed, which becomes the abstract sense of unveiling or clarifying.

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

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