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abhinandunti

abhinandi

3rd person plural aorist active of abhinandati

1. delighted (in); was pleased (with); approved (of); was happy (with); relished

Built from

• abhi- — prefix · toward, over
  Concrete sense: facing something, bearing down on it. Cognate: Latin ob- (observe, obtain). Here it intensifies the joy directed at an object.
• nand — root · delight, rejoice
  Sanskrit nand- means to be pleased or joyful. No certain European cognate; the root is attested in Pali mostly through this and related forms.
• -u — ending · aorist marker
  The u-augment marks the word as aorist (simple past action), typical of Pali's non-thematic aorist conjugations.
• -n — ending · plural
  The -n- infix marks the verb as 3rd person plural within the aorist system.
• -ti — ending · 3rd person
  The ending -ti marks 3rd person, completing the finite verb form.

Analysis. abhi- (toward, over, bearing down) + nand- (to delight, rejoice) + -u- (aorist marker) + -n- (plural) + -ti (3rd person). The prefix abhi- gives the sense of bearing down upon something with joy, hence approval or relishing.

Etymology. abhi- (toward and over; from PIE *obhi, cognate with Latin ob-) + √nand (to delight, be pleased; possibly related to Sanskrit nand-, meaning to rejoice, with no certain European cognate). The combination suggests joy directed outward or approval bestowed upon something.

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

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