paccakkosati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁄𑀲𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• पच्चक्कोसति (Devanagari script)
• পচ্চক্কোসতি (Bengali script)
• පච‍්චක‍්කොසති (Sinhalese script)
• ပစ္စက္ကောသတိ or ပၸ္ၸၵ္ၵေႃသတိ or ပၸ်ၸၵ်ၵေႃသတိ (Burmese script)
• ปจฺจกฺโกสติ or ปัจจักโกสะติ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨧ᩠ᨧᨠ᩠ᨠᩮᩣᩈᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຈ຺ຈກ຺ໂກສຕິ or ປັຈຈັກໂກສະຕິ (Lao script)
• បច្ចក្កោសតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄌𑄴𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄇𑄮𑄥𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रत्याक्रोशति (pratyākrośati). By surface analysis, pacc- +‎ akkosati.

Verb

paccakkosati (root kus, first conjugation)

1. to swear back at
   • c. 50 BC, Anguttara Nikaya: Book of Fours, Mahā Vagga; republished as Richard Morris, editor, Aṅguttara-Nikāya: Part II: Catukka Nipāta‎^[1], London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 215:

     Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu akkosantaṃ paccakkosati, rosantaṃ paṭirosati, bhaṇḍantaṃ paṭibhaṇḍati.

     Mendicants, it’s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant abuses, annoys, or argues back at them.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "paccakkosati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	paccakkosāmi	paccakkosāma
2nd	paccakkosasi	paccakkosatha
3rd	paccakkosati	paccakkosanti
Imperative
1st	paccakkosāmi	paccakkosāma
2nd	paccakkosa or paccakkosāhi	paccakkosatha
3rd	paccakkosatu	paccakkosantu
Optative
1st	paccakkoseyyāmi or paccakkoseyyaṃ or paccakkose	paccakkoseyyāma
2nd	paccakkoseyyāsi or paccakkose	paccakkoseyyātha
3rd	paccakkoseyya or paccakkose	paccakkoseyyuṃ

• Present active participle: paccakkosant, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

paccakkosati

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of paccakkosant, present participle of the verb above