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āpannoti

āpanna

3rd person singular present indicative of āpannati

1. fallen into; entered into; met with
2. possessed of; filled with; having; lit. entered
3. (of an offence) committed; fallen into
4. (of a monk) who has committed; who has fallen into (an offence)
5. caused; effected

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, to, into
  Reversal of motion verbs: concrete 'going toward' becomes 'arriving at' or 'falling into'. Found in āgacchati (comes), āsīdati (sits down).
• pann — stem · fall, enter
  Root √ap (to reach, touch, attain) with -anna- formant creating a stative/middle sense. The -anna- suffix marks a state or condition entered.
• oti — ending · he/she/it (present)
  3rd person singular present indicative ending (-ti), showing present time and 3rd person subject.

Analysis. āpannoti is the 3rd singular present of āpannati (to fall into, enter). The surface form shows regular present-tense conjugation (-ti ending). The underlying root is āp- (to reach, attain), with the prefix ā- reversing the motion sense: from 'going toward' to 'arriving at' or 'falling into'.

Etymology. ā- (toward the speaker, reversal of motion) + √ap (to reach, attain, touch). The prefix ā- originally marks motion toward the speaker; here it shapes 'reaching' into 'falling into' or 'being caught by'. Cognate to Sanskrit āpnoti; ā- is found in Sanskrit and Pali with the same spatial and aspectual force.

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

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