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addasaṁsu

dassati

3rd person plural aorist active (addasaṁsu = add-asaṁsu, with gemination and assimilation of √dassati in the aorist)

1. saw
2. perceived
3. beheld

Built from

• add- — root · see, perceive
  The aorist stem, showing reduplication typical of Pali strong aorists. The root is *da (to see), shared across Indo-European languages.
• -asaṁ — ending · 3rd plural aorist
  The marker -a- signals the aorist tense, and -su is the 3rd person plural ending, creating the active sense 'they saw'.
• -su — ending · 3rd plural
  Plural marker in the aorist active, designating a group of agents.

Analysis. Aorist of the root √dassati or √da (see, perceive). The form shows the characteristic aorist marker -a- and the plural ending -su.

Etymology. From √da (to see, give), cognate with Sanskrit dṛś (to see), Greek δέρκομαι dérkomai (to look), and English dare (in the sense of 'to peer'). The verb dassati represents the iterative or causative formation from the root.

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

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