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ākaḍḍheyya

ākaḍḍhati

opt 3rd sg of ākaḍḍhati (verb); opt 3rd sg of ākaḍḍheti (verb)

1. ākaḍḍhati (pr): drags out; pulls away; lit. drags here
2. ākaḍḍhati (pr): drags; pulls towards; lit. drags here
3. ākaḍḍheti (pr): slurps; lit. causing to drag here

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Reverses motion verbs. The prefix carries concrete spatial sense: drawing something toward oneself or one's location.
• kaḍḍh — root · drag, pull
  Expressive or onomatopoetic root. Related to Sanskrit karṣ- meaning to draw or drag.
• e — ending · optative 3rd sg
  The optative mood ending marks a potential or possible action in 3rd person singular.

Analysis. ā + kaḍḍh: the prefix ā- (toward the speaker, reversing motion) + the root kaḍḍh- (to drag, pull). Concrete sense: dragging something toward oneself or one's location.

Etymology. The root kaḍḍh- is onomatopoetic or expressive, likely akin to Sanskrit karṣ- (to drag, draw); the prefix ā- reverses the direction of motion verbs, so ākaḍḍhati means to drag toward the speaker. No Indo-European cognate for the root itself.

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

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