विचि f. 1. or
विचीf. =
वीचि, a wave,
[L.] वि 2.-√
1.चि (not always separable from - √
2.चि)
P. Ā. -चिनोति,
-चिनुते (
Impv. -चितन,
-चियन्तु,
[RV.] ), to segregate, select, pick out, cull,
[TS.] ;
[ŚBr.] ;
[MBh.] ;
to divide, part (hair),
[VS.] ;
to take away, remove, disperse,
[RV.] ;
KātyŚr.;
to clear, prepare (a road),
[RV.] ;
to distribute,
ib.;
to gather, collect,
ib.;
[Pañcat.] ;
to pile or heap up in a wrong way, disarrange,
[ŚBr.] वि 3.-√
2.चि (
cf. prec. )
P. -चिकेति,
-चिनोति &c. (
pr. p. -चिन्वत् and
-चिन्वान), to discern, distinguish,
[RV.] ;
[TBr.] ;
to make anything discernible or clear, cause to appear, illumine,
[R.] ;
to search through, investigate, inspect, examine,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] &c.;
to look for, long for, strive after,
ib.