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assāti
assa
3rd person singular present indicative of assāti (causative of √as, to sit)
- assa (masc): horse
- assa (masc): horsemanship; horse-riding
- assa (masc): corner; edge; angle
- assa (opt): may be; could be; should be; would be; could become
- assa (pron): to him; for him
- assa (pron): his; of him; its; of it
- assa (masc): ashes; dust
- assati (pr): abandons
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Built from
- a- — prefix · away, off
Cognate with Latin ab-, English off. Marks motion away from or separation.
- √as — root · sit, be, settle
Sanskrit asti 'is'; Latin esse 'to be'; English is. The root sense of 'sitting' or 'setting down' extends to 'being' and causatively to 'putting, laying aside'.
- -sā — ending · causative 3rd sg.
Marks the causative voice (sādhana), forming the causative stem; -ti is the regular 3rd singular present ending.
- -ti — ending · 3rd singular present
Primary present tense ending for 3rd person singular.
Analysis. assā + iti: assā (3rd sg. pres. caus.) + iti (conjunction marking close connection or consequence); literally 'throws/casts away'.
Etymology. From √as (sit, be, exist; related to Sanskrit asti 'is', Latin esse 'to be', English is). The causative assāpeti 'causes to sit/settle' develops toward 'sets aside, abandons'. The prefix a- (away, off; cognate with Latin ab-, English off) intensifies the sense of removal.