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bhavissatīti
bhavati
future tense 3rd person singular + quotative particle (bhavissati + iti)
- bhavati (pr): is; is being; becomes
- bhavati (pr): exists (for)
- bhavissati (fut): could be; should be; lit. will be
- bhavissati (fut): it belongs (to); lit. it will be
- bhavissati (fut): will happen; will occur; lit. it will be
Built from
- bhav — root · be, become
The root √bhū appears in Sanskrit and has Indo-European cognates in Greek phúō (to grow, bring forth) and Latin fui (I was). It conveys the image of coming-into-being and growth.
- issa — ending · future marker
The suffix -issa- forms the future tense stem. In this context it marks an action that will occur or is claimed/expected to occur.
- ti — ending · 3rd singular
Standard present/future 3rd singular ending; here attached to the future stem to give 3rd singular future 'he/she/it will be'.
- iti — ending · quotative particle
The enclitic iti marks indirect statement, reported speech, or conditional framing: 'thus, saying that'. It turns the preceding clause into a reported or hypothetical statement.
Analysis. bhavissati (fut. 3sg of bhavati 'to be, become') + iti (quotative particle 'thus, saying that'). The form marks reported or conditional futurity: 'will be' or '[saying] it will be'.
Etymology. bhavati < √bhū 'to be, become, grow' (Sanskrit bhavati, Greek phúō 'to bring forth, grow', Latin fui 'I was', English be). The future stem bhavissa- is built with the suffix -issa-, a common Pali future marker. iti is the quotative particle 'thus', marking indirect or conditional discourse.