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desessāmi

deseti

fut 1st sg of deseti (verb)

1. preaches; teaches; instructs; explains (something to); lit. causes to point out
2. (vinaya) confesses; admits (to)
3. (vinaya) appoints; allocates; designates (to); lit. causes to point out

Built from

• de — root · point, show
  Root √dis in its shortened grade. Cognate with Latin dicere and English diction; the concrete image of pointing evolves into instructing or declaring.
• se — stem · causative
  Causal suffix forming deseti from the root, marking the transitive sense 'causes to point' = 'causes to show', hence 'teaches, preaches'.
• ssā — ending · 1st sg future
  Future tense marker with 1st person singular (the sibilant cluster -ss- before the diphthong -ā-), indicating 'I shall teach/preach'.
• mi — ending · 1st sg
  Primary ending marking 1st person singular present/future active, common in Pali and Sanskrit finite verbs.

Etymology. From √dis (to point, show), cognate with Latin dicere (to say, show) and English diction. The root's concrete sense of 'pointing' or 'showing direction' underlies the meaning 'to teach' or 'to preach'—literally 'causes to point out'.

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

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