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vicikicchāti

vicikicchati

pr

1. vicikicchati (pr): has doubt; is uncertain (about); lit. desires to think
2. vicikicchati (pr): hesitates, is distracted; lit. desires to think
3. vicikicchā (fem): doubt; uncertainty; indecisiveness (about)
4. vicikicchi (aor): doubted, hesitated
5. vicikiccha (adj): with doubt; having uncertainty; being indecisive (about)

Analysis. vicikiccha + iti; vicikicchā + iti

Etymology. vi + cikiccha + ti; from √cit 'think, intend'; Sanskrit vicikitsati [vicint]

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

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