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abhikkantaṁ

abhikkanta

accusative singular masculine past participle of abhikkamati

1. advanced, progressed
2. gone forward
3. departed

Built from

• abhi- — prefix · toward, over
  Facing something, bearing down on it with intensity. Cognate to Latin ob- (observe, obtain).
• kam — root · go, move
  To move or proceed. Related to English come and other Indo-European motion verbs.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Forms the past participle, marking a completed action that modifies a noun. Here it agrees with the accusative singular masculine object abhikkantaṁ.

Analysis. abhikkantaṁ = abhi- (toward, over) + kkanta (past participle of kamati, go). The prefix abhi- gives the sense of going forward with intensity or bearing down on a destination.

Etymology. From abhi- (toward, bearing down on) + kamati (to go, cognate with Latin *cambiāre, to change position, and English come via Proto-Germanic). The compound expresses forward motion with purposefulness.

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

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