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abhisamecca

gerund (absolutive)

1. realizing; completely understanding

Built from

• abhi — prefix · toward, over
  Facing something and bearing down on it. Latin ob- (observe, obtain). Here intensifying the act of understanding.
• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Bringing things into one, completeness. Works like Latin con-. Here expressing full, unified comprehension.
• ec — root · gather, understand
  From √ci 'to perceive, gather, understand'. The concrete sense of collecting or assembling underlies the meaning of grasping mentally.
• a — ending · gerund marker
  The absolutive (gerund) ending, marking the action as a completed act preceding or accompanying the main verb.

Analysis. abhi- (toward, bearing down on) + samecca (from sam- + √ci, to gather/comprehend): moving toward full comprehension, realizing completely.

Etymology. A compound of the prefix abhi- (toward, over, from Latin ob-) and samecca (sam- + √ci, 'gather, understand', from the Indo-European root *kei- seen in Latin cieo 'move, stir'). The spatial sense of abhi- (bearing down on) combines with sam- (together, completely) to express the intensity of understanding that moves toward and encompasses its object.

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

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