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bhīto

bhīta

masc nom sg of bhīta (pp)

1. afraid (of); frightened (by); terrified (of)

Built from

• bhī — root · fear, tremble
  The root √bhī encodes the somatic image of trembling and shrinking. Cognate with Sanskrit bhaya (fear), and related to the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰey- (to flee, be afraid), which also underlies English "bee" (the frightened flight) and "bide" (to wait in fear).
• ta — ending · past participle
  The -ta ending marks the past participle (perfect passive), here predicated nominally: one who has been seized by fear, hence afraid.

Etymology. Past participle of bhīyati (to fear, be afraid), a denominative verb formed from the noun bhaya (fear). The root is √bhī (to fear, tremble), cognate with Sanskrit bhaya, and distantly with English words like English "bide" in the sense of waiting in trepidation. The emotion of fear is imagined as trembling or shrinking back.

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

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