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adesayi

aor 3rd sg of adesayi (verb); aor 2nd sg of adesayi (verb)

1. taught; explained

Built from

• a — prefix · augment
  Marks the aorist tense in ancient Indo-European languages. No English cognate, but compare Sanskrit augment a- in past tenses like a-bhāt (he became).
• desayi — stem · taught, explained
  Aorist stem of desayati (causative of √dis, to point out or show). The -aya- suffix creates the causative: to make (someone) see or understand.

Analysis. a + desayi: the augment a (historical past marker) + desayi (3rd sg aor of desayati)

Etymology. desayati < causative of √dis (point out, show); related to Latin dīcere (speak, point out) and English diction. The prefix a- is the Indo-European augment, marking past tense in Sanskrit and Pali.

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

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