Comments: Av. paradigm C (purc:í-l,púrc:a-l). In And. the form is metathesized (probably under influence of another PA root, *ric:i q.v.). On the laryngeal in the Akhv. form see under *Hrājc_ū. Several languages reveal secondary (dissimilative) voicing *p- > b-. Cf. also Kar. Tok. peric:.