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vuccati

pr 3rd sg of vuccati (verb)

1. is said to be; is called

Built from

• vuc — root · speak, say
  From PIE *wek-. The root appears in Sanskrit vāc- 'speech, voice' and English voice. Concrete image: the act of speech, utterance.
• cati — ending · 3rd sg present passive
  The -cati ending marks present passive voice, third person singular. The doubled -c- is an allomorphic variant of the passive suffix -ya-.

Etymology. Root √vac (vāc-) means 'speak', cognate with Latin vox 'voice' and English voice. The passive vuccati literalizes 'is spoken' → 'is said'. Sanskrit vac- and Pali vac- derive from PIE *wek- 'to speak, say'.

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

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