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apeto

apeta

masc nom sg of apeta (pp)

1. without; devoid (of); free (from); -less; lit. gone away
2. abstaining (from); lit. gone away
3. gone away (from)

Built from

• apa — prefix · away, off
  Motion away from a point; the concrete sense of separation or recession becomes the abstract meaning 'without' or 'free from'.
• i — root · go
  The root for motion; combined with apa-, it yields the sense 'goes away', which the past participle apeta lexicalizes as a state: 'has gone away (from)', hence 'devoid of'.
• ta — ending · past participle
  The -ta ending marks this as a perfective participle in the masculine nominative singular, indicating a completed action or resulting state.

Analysis. ape-ta: past participle formed from ape, a verbal stem derived from apa- 'away' + √i 'go', giving 'has gone away (from)'; the sense shifts from motion to the resulting state of absence or freedom.

Etymology. apa- (away, off; cognates: Greek apo-, Latin ab-, English of/off) + √i (go; from the root √i 'to go'). The concrete imagery of motion away becomes the abstract meaning 'without' or 'devoid of'.

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

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