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assosi

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

1. heard

Built from

• a — prefix · toward, up to
  The prefix a- (ā before vowels) marks motion toward the speaker or reversal. Here it gives the sense of sound arriving at or being taken in by the listener.
• su — root · hear, listen
  Root √su (Sanskrit śru-, Greek ἀκούω akouō) descends from Indo-European *k̑leu- "to hear". The imagery is passive reception of sound.
• osin — ending · aorist 3sg/2sg
  Aorist ending marking simple past action, 3rd or 2nd person singular. The reduplication a-ss- is characteristic of the aorist stem formation in Pali.

Etymology. From √su (hear, listen) with prefix a- (toward) and reduplication. The root √su is cognate with Sanskrit śru-, Greek ἀκούω (akouō, hear) via Indo-European *k̑leu-. The prefix a- reverses or fronts the action: "heard toward" in the sense of receiving sound.

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

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