yāc + a · yācati 1 · yācati 2
beg
begs; asks; entreats
Yācati [Vedic yācati; yāc, with which cf. Latin jocus (dialect juca "prayer"); Old High German jehan to confess, etc.: see Walde, Latin Wtb. sub voce jocus. — Dhātup (38) only explains yāca = yācane] to beg, ask for, entreat Vin IV 129 (pabbajjaṃ); Snp 566, 980, 983; Ja III 49, 353; V 233, 404. — preterit 3rd plural yāciṃsu Pv-a 13, 20, 42; ayācisuṃ Mhv 33, 76 (v.l. ayācayuṃ). — infinitive yācituṃ Pv-a 29, 120. — gerund yāciya Snp 295; yācitvā M I 365; yācitvāna Mhv 17, 58. past participle yācita.
(yāc + a), 乞，討，懇求。【過】 yāci。【過分】 yācita。【現分】 yācanta, ~māna。【獨】 yācitvā。【不】 yācituṃ。
(pr, pr) asks; requests; begs (someone for) begs, asks, entreats Construction: yāca + ti
(pr, pr) proposes (to); asks for the hand in marriage asks for the hand in marriage Construction: yāca + ti