ईक्षते

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃i-h₃kʷs, a secondary present formation of *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), the latter whence अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”).

Pronunciation

Verb

ईक्षते • (īkṣate) third-singular indicative (root ईक्ष्)

  1. to see, look, view, behold
  2. to gaze at, watch over
  3. to regard, consider, observe
  4. to foretell

Conjugation

Present: ईक्षते (īkṣate)
Active Mediopassive
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Indicative
Third -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षते
īkṣate 		ईक्षेते
īkṣete 		ईक्षन्ते
īkṣante
Second -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षसे
īkṣase 		ईक्षेथे
īkṣethe 		ईक्षध्वे
īkṣadhve
First -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षे
īkṣe 		ईक्षावहे
īkṣāvahe 		ईक्षामहे
īkṣāmahe
Imperative
Third -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षताम्
īkṣatām 		ईक्षेताम्
īkṣetām 		ईक्षन्ताम्
īkṣantām
Second -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षस्व
īkṣasva 		ईक्षेथाम्
īkṣethām 		ईक्षध्वम्
īkṣadhvam
First -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षै
īkṣai 		ईक्षावहै
īkṣāvahai 		ईक्षामहै
īkṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षेत
īkṣeta 		ईक्षेयाताम्
īkṣeyātām 		ईक्षेरन्
īkṣeran
Second -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षेथाः
īkṣethāḥ 		ईक्षेयाथाम्
īkṣeyāthām 		ईक्षेध्वम्
īkṣedhvam
First -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षेय
īkṣeya 		ईक्षेवहि
īkṣevahi 		ईक्षेमहि
īkṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षाते / ईक्षातै
īkṣāte / īkṣātai 		ईक्षैते
īkṣaite 		ईक्षन्त / ईक्षान्तै
īkṣanta / īkṣāntai
Second -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षासे / ईक्षासै
īkṣāse / īkṣāsai 		ईक्षैथे
īkṣaithe 		ईक्षाध्वै
īkṣādhvai
First -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ईक्षै
īkṣai 		ईक्षावहै
īkṣāvahai 		ईक्षामहै
īkṣāmahai
Participles
-
- 		ईक्षमाण
īkṣamāṇa
Notes
  • The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.
Imperfect: ऐक्षत (aikṣata)
Active Mediopassive
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Indicative
Third -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ऐक्षत
aikṣata 		ऐक्षेताम्
aikṣetām 		ऐक्षन्त
aikṣanta
Second -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ऐक्षथाः
aikṣathāḥ 		ऐक्षेथाम्
aikṣethām 		ऐक्षध्वम्
aikṣadhvam
First -
- 		-
- 		-
- 		ऐक्षे
aikṣe 		ऐक्षावहि
aikṣāvahi 		ऐक्षामहि
aikṣāmahi

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “ईक्षते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ईक्षते”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203
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