Pucchati [pṛcch, cp. Vedic pṛcchati=Lat. posco, postulo, with which connected also Lat. precor=Goth. fraihnan; Ohg. frāgōn; Vedic praśna=P. pañha] 1. to ask, to question S i.207, 214; Vin ii.207; Sn 995; Nd1 341 etc. -- Pres. 1st sg. pucchāmi Sn 83, 241, 682, 1043, 1049; Nd2 447: Pv ii.112. -- 1st pl. pucchāma Sn 1052; Imper. puccha Sn 460; DA i.155; pucchatha D ii.154; pucchassu Sn 189, 993; Pot. puccheyyāmi D i.51; puccheyya A i.199; PvA 6; ppr. pucchanto Sn 1126; aor. 1st sg. apucchissaŋ Sn 1116, pucchisaŋ Vv 3011, apucchiŋ VvA 127; 2nd sg. apucchasi Sn 1050; 3rd sg. apucchi Sn 1037, apucchasi Nd2 447;pucchi Sn 981, 1031; PvA 6, 39, 68; apucchatha Sn 1017; 1st. pl. apucchimha Sn 1052. 3rd pl. pucchiŋsu J i.221; pucchisuŋ Mhvs 10, 2. Fut. pucchissāmi Jvi.364. Inf. pucchituŋ Vin i.93; Sn 510; puṭṭhuŋ Sn 1096, 1110; pucchitāye J v.137. Grd. pucchavho Sn 1030; Pass. pucchiyati DhA i.10. -- Caus. II.pucchāpeti Mhvs 10, 75. -- pp. puṭṭha & pucchita (q. v.). -- 2. to invite to (instr.), to offer, to present to somebody (acc.), lit. to ask with Vin ii.208, 210 (pāniyena); iii.161 (odanena, sūpena etc.); D ii.240. -- See also anu˚, abhi˚, sam˚.