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desitaṁ

deseti

accusative singular neuter past participle of deseti (√dis), meaning 'taught' or 'pointed out'

1. taught
2. preached
3. pointed out
4. revealed

Built from

• des — root · point, show
  The root imagery is spatial: directing attention or indicating direction. In doctrinal contexts it means 'teach' or 'preach'.
• ita — ending · past participle
  Marks completed action; -ita is the standard past participle suffix in Pali.
• ṁ — ending · accusative neuter singular
  Object case, neuter singular form, often used predicatively in the canon.

Analysis. de-sitaṁ: past participle (√dis 'to point, show') + accusative neuter singular ending -aṁ. Commonly rendered in canonical English as 'the doctrine taught' or 'the teaching revealed'.

Etymology. From √dis (to point, show, teach), cognate with Sanskrit √diś; the root imagery is of pointing or directing attention toward something. Related to English 'diction' (speaking, saying) through Latin dicere.

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

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