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dhāressantīti

dhāreti

3rd person plural future indicative of dhāreti

1. holds up; holds out; lit. carries
2. carries; bears
3. bears in mind; keeps in mind; remembers (something about); lit. carries
4. owes (a debt) (to); lit. carries
5. wears; dresses (in); lit. carries
6. considers; accepts (something as); lit. carries

Built from

• dhā — root · hold, bear
  From PIE *dher-; the concrete sense of grasping and supporting something firmly underlies all meanings (physical carrying, mental bearing, remembering, wearing).
• re — stem · stem marker
  Linking element that forms the present/future stem dhāre- from the root dhā.
• ssa — ending · future marker
  Characteristic Pali/Sanskrit future tense formant; marks the action as prospective or conditional.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural
  Ending marking third person plural nominative, indicating 'they' as the subject.
• iti — ending · quotative
  Particle that marks the preceding clause as reported speech or thought, introducing what is said or believed.

Analysis. dhāre-ssanti + iti; a future tense form (dhāre-, future stem) + -ssa- (future marker) + -nti (plural ending) followed by the quotative particle iti, marking reported speech or a statement being made.

Etymology. √dhṛ (Sanskrit dhṛ, Greek thronos "throne", English thrall) means "to hold" or "to bear"; the concrete image is grasping and supporting something firmly. The future formation -ssa- is characteristic of Pali's synthetic future tense. Cognates include Sanskrit dhārayati, Greek thronos (what holds you up, a seat), and the Germanic root seen in English "thrall" (one held/bound).

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

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