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adhivāsakajātiko

adhivāsakajātika

masc nom sg of adhivāsakajātika (adj)

1. who is patient; who endures; lit. patient type

Built from

• adhi — prefix · on top of, presiding over
  Suggests bearing or managing something; here used to express the patient endurance of what is placed upon one.
• vās — root · dwell, remain, endure
  Cognate with Latin vās (vessel) and English vase. The sense of remaining or dwelling evolved toward patient bearing.
• a — ending · neuter nominative
  Nominalizing suffix forming the abstract noun adhivāsa from the root complex.
• kaja — stem · born, sprung
  From √jan (to beget, be born); used adjectivally to mean "of such a type" or "having such a nature".
• tika — ending · of type, character
  Suffix forming adjectives denoting disposition or inherent type; applied to kaja to yield kajātika.

Analysis. adhivāsa-kajātika: adhivāsa (patience, endurance) + kajātika (of such a type, born as). The compound means "of patient disposition" or "one born into patience".

Etymology. adhivāsa derives from adhi- (on top of, presiding over; here suggesting the bearing or carrying of something) + √vās (to dwell, remain). The root √vās cognates with Latin vās "vessel", English "vase", Greek ouía "dwelling". The prefix adhi- stacks meaning: what one presides over or bears down upon becomes what one bears or endures. kajātika is from kaja "born, sprung" (from √jan "beget") + -tika (suffix forming adjectives of type or character).

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

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