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vuccanti

vuccati

pr 3rd pl of vuccati (verb)

1. is said to be; is called

Built from

• vuc — root · speak, say
  From Indo-European *wek- (voice, speech). The root vac- appears in Sanskrit vāk (voice) and English voice, Latin vox. In Pali passive forms, -ya- infixes between root and ending, here vac + -ya- > vuc-.
• ca — ending · passive present 3rd plural
  The ending -ti marks present indicative; -ca(nti) is the contracted 3rd plural passive form. This verb in passive voice means 'is said' or 'one says'.

Etymology. from √vac (speak, say), cognate with Latin vox (voice), English voice, Greek eipon (said); the passive voice vuccati is formed with -ya- infix becoming -uc-, a common Pali sound shift in passive stems.

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

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