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āciṇṇaṁ

āciṇṇa

accusative singular neuter of āciṇṇa (past participle of ācinati, 'to heap up, accumulate')

1. heaped up
2. accumulated
3. habitual

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Marks direction toward the speaker and completion of action; here it intensifies the accumulative sense.
• cin — root · heap, pile
  The root meaning is to gather and stack; it conveys the concrete imagery of things piled together.
• ṇ(a) — stem · verbal stem formant
  Forms the past participle stem from the root.
• aṁ — ending · accusative singular neuter
  Marks the object or adverbial accusative in the singular neuter, often used to modify verbs.

Analysis. ā + cinati: the prefix ā- (toward, up to) combined with √ci (heap, pile) yields 'accumulated up', hence 'habitual' or 'customary' in the sense of repeated and layered accumulation.

Etymology. √ci 'heap, pile' is related to Sanskrit root ci- (citi 'pile, heap') and possibly to Greek kinein 'to move, stir' in the sense of gathering together. The prefix ā- reverses motion verbs and marks completeness, giving 'heaped together toward a point' or 'fully accumulated'.

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

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