Indo-Aryan *dēkṣati [0-73565]

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Reflex *dēkṣati
Language Indo-Aryan
Entry *dr̩kṣati [6507]
Subset [1]
Pronunciation
Gloss
Native
Notes

[Early MIA. pres. st. (Pischel PkGr. 379) formed from aor. st. dr̥kṣ-, drākṣ- in RV. dr̥kṣasē 'may you appear', adrākṣīt 'he has seen' ~ fut. drakṣyáti (poss. fut. as well as pres. in Pa. dakkhati ~ dakkhiti). Early MIA. *d{r}akṣ- X prḗkṣatē (Pa. pekkhati, Pk. pecchaï, pēhaï, pekkhaï): ac. to J. Bloch FestschrWackernagel 145 adrēśya- 'invisible' MuṇḍUp. ~ adr̥śya- reflects invasion of √dr̥ś by this ē (as also in vēkṣaṇa- Mn. ~ vī́kṣatē), cf. K. ḍēśun 'to see' s.v. dr̥śyátē. — dr̥ś]

References T1962—1966

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