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caje

cajati

reflx pr 1st sg of cajati (verb); reflx imp 1st sg of cajati (verb); opt 3rd sg of cajati (verb); opt 2nd sg of cajati (verb); …

1. gives up; abandons; forsakes
2. speaks; utters speech; lit. lets loose

Built from

• ca — root · abandon, release
  The root imagery is casting off or sending forth. Cognate with Sanskrit cakṣ (declare); the concrete sense 'let loose' underlies both abandonment and utterance.
• ja — ending · 3rd sg optative
  The optative suffix ja marks the 3rd person singular optative mood, expressing wish or possibility in this tense.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg present
  The present-tense suffix -ti marks 3rd person singular, active voice.

Etymology. Root √caj, related to Sanskrit√cakṣ 'see, observe, declare'; the sense 'let loose' (speech, thoughts) derives from releasing or sending forth. The root is cognate with Latin cacchinnus 'laugh' through the notion of utterance bursting forth.

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

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