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abhinipphajjanti

abhinipphajjati

pr 3rd pl of abhinipphajjati (verb)

1. is accomplished; is successfully attained; materializes; is produced

Built from

• abhi — prefix · toward and over
  Facing something, bearing down on it with intensity. Related to Latin ob- (observe, obtain).
• ni — prefix · down, into
  Downward motion and insertion. Related to English nether, German nieder.
• ppha — root · burst forth, emerge
  Sanskrit phaṭ- 'burst, crack'. The concrete image is of something suddenly breaking open or springing into existence.
• jati — ending · becomes, is
  3rd plural present indicative. Derived from √i 'go'; marks active process in present time.

Analysis. abhi + nip + √phaj + -jati; abhi 'toward and over' + ni 'down, into' + √phaj 'burst forth, emerge' + jati 'becomes'. The root is intensified by the two prefixes bearing down on emergence: what bursts forth does so with full force into manifestation.

Etymology. √phaj 'burst, break forth' is cognate with Sanskrit phaṭ- 'burst, crack' and remotely with English 'fat' (something swollen and bursting). The prefix pair abhi + ni concentrates the sense: abhi 'bearing down on' + ni 'into' creates the image of something driven forcefully downward into being. In Pali doctrine, abhinipphajjati describes how kamma flowers into result, or how practice bears fruit in visible attainment.

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

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