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ābhatā

ābhata

masc nom pl of ābhata (pp); fem nom sg of ābhata (pp); fem nom pl of ābhata (pp); nt nom pl of ābhata (pp); …

1. brought; carried here (from)

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward
  The prefix ā- reverses the direction of motion: what would be 'bear away' becomes 'bear toward the speaker', hence 'bring here'. Common in Pali for verbs of motion and emotion.
• bha — root · bear, carry
  From √bhar, cognate with Sanskrit bhara-, Latin ferre, Greek pherein, and English bear. The root carries the concrete sense of physical bearing or movement.
• ta — ending · past participle
  The -ta ending marks a completed action in adjectival form, agreeing with the noun it modifies. Here the feminine nominative singular or plural of an adjective derived from the past participle stem.

Etymology. ā- (toward, reverse direction) + bhara- (bearing, carrying) + -ta (past participle ending). The prefix ā- reverses the sense of the root √bhar: bhati means 'bears away', but ābhati means 'bears toward the speaker', hence 'brings here'. Cognate with Sanskrit ābhṛta and Latin ferre 'to carry'; English bear.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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