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accayāsi

accayati

imp 2nd sg of accayati (verb); aor 3rd sg of accayāsi (verb); aor 2nd sg of accayāsi (verb)

1. accayati (pr): goes beyond; gets past; transcends; surpasses
2. accayati (pr): (of time) passes; flies past; lit. goes beyond
3. accayāsi (aor): went too far; overshot the mark

Built from

• ac — prefix · toward, beyond
  Assimilated form of ati- before the consonant c. The prefix ati- means over, past the mark, excess.
• cay — root · go, move
  Root √i (go) with strengthening, cognate with Latin īre and English iterate.
• āsi — ending · 2nd sg aorist
  Aorist ending marking second person singular: 'you went beyond' or shifted to 3rd sg in some dialects.

Etymology. ati + √i (go). The prefix ati- (over, beyond, past the mark) with the root √i (go, move) yields the sense of going beyond a limit or mark—moving excessively far. Cognate with Latin īre (go, move) and English itinerary.

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

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