गच्छ

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

गच्छ

  1. Devanagari script form of gaccha, which is imperative active second-person singular of गच्छति (gacchati, to go)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐt.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [ɡɐt̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [ˈɡɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]

Etymology 1

If the original sense was "generation" or "lineage", then perhaps from the root गम् (gam, to go, move), with the literal meaning "advancement" (of a generation).

Noun

गच्छ • (gaccha) stem, m

  1. family, race
  2. a tree
  3. a Jaina lineage
  4. period (number of terms) of a progression
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of गच्छ (gaccha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गच्छः
gacchaḥ
गच्छौ / गच्छा¹
gacchau / gacchā¹
गच्छाः / गच्छासः¹
gacchāḥ / gacchāsaḥ¹
Vocative गच्छ
gaccha
गच्छौ / गच्छा¹
gacchau / gacchā¹
गच्छाः / गच्छासः¹
gacchāḥ / gacchāsaḥ¹
Accusative गच्छम्
gaccham
गच्छौ / गच्छा¹
gacchau / gacchā¹
गच्छान्
gacchān
Instrumental गच्छेन
gacchena
गच्छाभ्याम्
gacchābhyām
गच्छैः / गच्छेभिः¹
gacchaiḥ / gacchebhiḥ¹
Dative गच्छाय
gacchāya
गच्छाभ्याम्
gacchābhyām
गच्छेभ्यः
gacchebhyaḥ
Ablative गच्छात्
gacchāt
गच्छाभ्याम्
gacchābhyām
गच्छेभ्यः
gacchebhyaḥ
Genitive गच्छस्य
gacchasya
गच्छयोः
gacchayoḥ
गच्छानाम्
gacchānām
Locative गच्छे
gacche
गच्छयोः
gacchayoḥ
गच्छेषु
gaccheṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Descendants
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Helu Prakrit:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Pali: gaccha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

गच्छ • (gaccha)

  1. imperative active second-person singular of गच्छति (gacchati)
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