वाच्य [ vācya ] [ vācya ]2 m. f. n. to be spoken or said or told or announced or communicated or stated or named or predicated or enumerated or spoken of Lit. Up. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. (n. impers. it is to be spoken or said )

  to be addressed or spoken to about anything (acc. or nom. with [ iti ] ) Lit. Mn. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Kāv.

  to be directed that ( with [ yathā ] ) Lit. MBh.

  to be told about (= still untold) Lit. KātyŚr.

  to be expressed or designated or meant expressly by (gen. or comp.) Lit. ChUp. Lit. Śaṃk. Lit. Sāh.

  to be spoken against , blamable , censurable by (gen. or instr.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  used as a substantive Lit. Vop.

  ( [ vācyá ] ) , belonging to the voice Lit. VS.

  [ vācya ] m. metron. of the Ṛishi Prajā-pati Lit. RV.

  n. what may be said against any one or anything , blame , censure , reproach , fault ( [ vācyaṃ-√ gam ] , to undergo blame) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  that of which anything is predicated , a substantive Lit. Vop.

  a predicate Lit. W.

  the voice of a verb (e.g. [ kartari-v ] , the active voice ; [ karmaṇi-v ] , the passive voice) Lit. ib.

  = [ pratipādana ] Lit. L.