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byākatato

byākata

masc abl sg of byākata (pp); nt abl sg of byākata (pp); nt abl sg of byākata (noun)

1. answered; replied; lit. made distinct
2. taught; defined; explained; lit. made distinct
3. stated; declared; announced; lit. made distinct
4. answer; reply; lit. made distinct

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Intensive clarity and separation; the prefix signals things laid out distinctly.
• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Reverses or completes the action; here brings the making-distinct fully into view.
• kṛ — root · make, do
  Sanskrit root kṛ, Latin creare 'create'. The core sense: to fashion or construct.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the past participle form; agrees in ablative singular with the noun it modifies.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder) + √ā + √kṛ (make, do): 'made distinct, laid out plainly'. The prefix vi- signals clarity and separation—things distinguished and articulated. Cognate with Sanskrit vyākaraṇa 'grammar' (lit. 'making distinct'), from the same root complex.

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

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