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āpajjeyya
āpajjati
opt 3rd sg of āpajjati (verb)
- comes to; experiences; gets (pleasure); suffers (pain); meets (with)
- arouses; exhibits; produces; brings into being
- engages in
- (of an offence) commits; falls into
- causes; effects
- enters into a state or condition; becomes
- (logic) to follow logically
- achieves; reaches; attains
Built from
- ā — prefix · toward; up to
Reverses or directs motion toward the speaker. Here it transforms padj (fall) into approach or arrival.
- padj — root · fall; go; arrive
Root meaning motion or descent. Cognate with Sanskrit √pad (foot, tread), reflecting the primary sense of stepping or going.
- eyya — ending · optative 3sg
The optative mood suffix -eyya marks the 3rd person singular potential or wished action.
Etymology. ā (toward, reversive prefix) + √padj (to fall, go, arrive). The prefix ā reverses the motion inherent in the root: where padj means "falls" or "goes down", āpajjati means "comes to" or "arrives at" (a state or place). Related to Sanskrit āpadyate.