cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 120]), pṛcchati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. pṛcchate; pf. papraccha, [Br.] &c., papṛkṣé [?] [RV. iv, 43, 7]; aor. áprākṣīt, [AV.] &c., áprāṭ, [RV.], apraṣṭa, [Kāv.]; fut. prakṣyati, [Br.] &c., praṣṭā Gr.; ind.p. pṛṣṭvā, -pṛcchya, [MBh.]; inf. práṣṭum, [AV.] &c., -pṛ́ccham, °cche, [RV.]), to ask, question, interrogate (acc.); to ask after inquire about (acc.); to ask or interrogate any one (acc.) about anything (acc. dat. loc., prati, or adhikṛtya with acc.; arthe or hetoḥ ifc.), [RV.] (pr.p. Ā. pṛcchamāna, ‘asking one's self’ [x, 34, 6]) &c. &c.; (in astrol.) to consult the future, [Var.]; (with nāmato mātaram) to inquire about one's (gen.) mother's name, [Śak.]; (with na) not to trouble one's self with, [ĀśvŚr.]; to seek, wish, long for; to ask, demand, beg, entreat (acc.), [RV.] : Pass. pṛcchyáte, to be asked or questioned about (act. dat. &c., as above), [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. pracchayati (aor. apapracchat) Gr.: Desid. pipṛcchiṣati, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 8] : Intens. parīpṛcchyate, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 90]; [Pat.]
[Orig. pṛk; cf. Lat. preces, procus; poscere for porscere; Slav. prositi; Lith. praszýti; Germ. frâhên, fragen; forskôn, forschen.]