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chaḍḍessati

chaḍḍeti

fut 3rd sg of chaḍḍeti (verb)

1. throws away; discards; drops; tosses aside
2. spills; wastes; lit. discards
3. vomits; purges; lit. discards

Built from

• chaḍḍ — root · throw away, discard
  Strengthened stem of √chad 'to cover, hide'; the geminate intensifies the action of casting off or covering by removal.
• e — ending · 3rd sg present/future stem formant
  Denominative suffix that forms the present/future stem.
• ssati — ending · 3rd sg future
  Future tense marker (periphrastic future with √as 'be'; -ssa- marks future, -ti marks 3rd sg).

Etymology. Root √chad (Sanskrit √chad-) 'to cover, hide'; the geminate chaḍḍ- is a strengthened stem form. The sense 'throw away' develops from the concrete image of covering/hiding something by casting it off. Cognate with Sanskrit chadayati 'covers' (from √chad).

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

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