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āpajjitunti

āpajjituṃ

infinitive (with enclitic iti); āpajjati (3rd singular present)

1. to experience; to produce; to attain

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Prefix of reversal: gives the root a sense of coming upon the speaker or into the speaker's sphere. Spatially concrete—motion toward—becoming the marker of experiential befalling.
• pajja — stem · fall, befall
  Stem of √pad 'fall, befall, happen'. Cognate with English fall, Latin pes (foot, descent), Sanskrit padyate. The image is of something befalling one—descending or lighting upon a person.
• ituṃ — ending · infinitive marker (accusative)
  Infinitive suffix in the accusative case; marks the verb as a nominal (purpose or result clause) and allows iti to follow as a quotative particle meaning 'that; saying that'.

Analysis. āpajjituṃ + iti: infinitive marker iti attached; āpajjituṃ is the accusative infinitive form of āpajjati, used here as a quotative particle meaning 'saying (that one will)...'

Etymology. ā + pajjati: ā- (toward) + pajjati (√pad 'fall, befall'), literally 'befalls one', whence 'happens to, experiences'. The root pad is cognate with English 'fall', Latin 'pes' (foot, as what descends), Sanskrit padyate. The prefix ā reverses the sense of motion from the subject's perspective (toward the speaker's situation).

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

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