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abhinandīti

abhinandi

aor 3sg with iti (particle marking direct speech)

1. abhinandi (aor): delighted (in); was pleased (with); approved (of); was happy (with); relished
2. abhinandi (fem): delight; pleasure; enjoyment
3. abhinandī (adj): taking delight (in); getting pleasure (from); thoroughly enjoying; relishing

Built from

• abhi — prefix · toward; over
  Prefix of proximity and bearing down. Indicates deliberate facing or approval directed at the object.
• nand — root · rejoice; delight
  From IE *ned- (bind, attach), as in being bound to or attached to something with joy. No direct English cognate, but the semantic sense is 'to be bound affectionately to'.
• ī — ending · 3sg aor
  Third-person singular aorist ending, marking completed action in past time.
• iti — prefix · thus; so
  Quotative particle. Marks reported speech or the terminus of an utterance; often left untranslated in English.

Analysis. abhinandi + iti: the aorist abhinandi (he/she delighted in) + iti, the quotative particle that frames reported speech or marks the end of a direct utterance. Often translated as 'was pleased' or simply delighted.

Etymology. abhi (toward, bearing down) + nandi (rejoiced, from √nand 'be delighted'). The prefix abhi sharpens nandi from simple joy into deliberate approval or relish directed at something. Sanskrit cognate: abhinandi (same formation). Root nand is from IE *ned- 'to tie, bind' (via 'to be bound to, attached to'), whence English need (that to which one is bound).

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

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