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ākāsepi
ākāsa
masculine nominative/accusative singular with enclitic api
- ākāsa (masc): open space; vacuity; lit. space
- ākāsa (masc): sky; air; lit. space
- ākāsa (masc): open air; lit. space
- ākāsa (masc): space
- ākāsa (masc): environment; atmosphere; lit. space
- ākāsati (pr): shines; is visible
- ākāsa (masc): name of a family clan
- ākāsa (masc): (comm) game played in the air with eight by eight or ten by ten rows; lit. space
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- ā — prefix · toward, out
The prefix ā- reverses or orients motion; here it faces the root toward manifestation.
- kas — root · shine, appear
The root √kas- means to gleam or be visible. Cognate with Sanskrit kāś-, underlying the sense of open, visible space.
- a — ending · masculine nominal
The masculine singular nominative stem ending forms the substantive 'space, sky'.
- e — ending · locative
Locative singular: 'in space', the case of location or sphere.
- pi — ending · also, even
Enclitic particle adding 'also' or 'even' to the preceding word; emphasizes the locative domain.
Analysis. ākāse (locative of ākāsa) + api (also, even), a locative-absolute phrase: 'even in space' or 'in space as well'.
Etymology. ā + √kas (shine, appear); the root appears in Sanskrit kāś- 'to shine', seen also in kásati 'shines'. The prefix ā- (toward, up to) with kas gives 'that which appears' or 'open expanse'; cognate with Greek kelainós 'dark' (the visible space) and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *kel- 'to shine, be bright'.