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byākareyyaṁ
byākaroti
1st person singular optative of byākaroti; surface form shows sandhi contraction (byākareyyaṁ = byākareyya + nasal sandhi)
- to explain, expound
- to answer, declare
- to make known, clarify
Built from
- byā — prefix · apart-toward, unfolding
Composite of vi- 'apart' and ā- 'toward,' combining the sense of laying something out clearly and distinctly for understanding.
- kar — root · make, do
√kr/kar: to make or do. Cognates: English 'create', Latin 'creare', Sanskrit 'karoti'. The root carries the basic sense of fashioning or performing action.
- e — stem · thematic vowel
Thematic present stem marker, forming the base for mood and tense inflection.
- yya — ending · optative
Optative mood suffix (Pali -eyyaṁ, Sanskrit -eyaṁ), expressing potential or wish: 'would/might explain.' The nasal is sandhi before labials or word-finally.
- ṁ — ending · 1st singular nominative
First person singular nominative/subjective agent marker (ṁ = short nasal representing -aham). Indicates the subject 'I' in optative mood.
Analysis. byā + √kar; byā is a secondary prefix derived from vi-ā,
Etymology. vi-ā + √kar (√kr, 'to make, do'): the prefix vi-ā, combining 'apart' (vi-) with 'toward' (ā-), gives the sense of 'unfolding apart, laying out clearly.' Cognate to √kar is English 'create', Latin 'creare', Sanskrit 'karoti'.