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abhāsi

aor 3rd sg of abhāsi (verb); aor 2nd sg of abhāsi (verb)

1. spoke; said
2. told about; explained (something to)
3. shone, radiated
4. (of lies) told; spoke

Built from

• abhi — prefix · toward, bearing down on
  Spatial prefix meaning 'facing, bearing down on'. Gives the sense of utterance or radiance directed outward toward an audience or object.
• bhāsi — stem · shone/spoke (aoristic)
  3rd or 2nd person singular aoristic form of √bhā 'shine, speak'. The root carries dual meanings: utterance directed outward, and radiance or light bearing down.

Etymology. From abhi- (toward, facing, bearing down on) + √bhā (shine, speak); the root bhā carries both 'shine' (as light bearing down on something) and 'speak' (utterance directed outward). Cognate with Latin fābula (speech, story) and Sanskrit bhāṣati (speaks), both from the same Indo-European root *bh(e)h₂- 'shine, speak'. The prefix abhi- gives the sense of utterance directed toward an audience or a clear radiance emanating outward.

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

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