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dhāreyyātha
dhāreti
opt 2nd pl of dhāreti (verb)
- holds up; holds out; lit. carries
- carries; bears
- bears in mind; keeps in mind; remembers (something about); lit. carries
- owes (a debt) (to); lit. carries
- wears; dresses (in); lit. carries
- considers; accepts (something as); lit. carries
Built from
- dhāre — stem · holds, bears
The optative stem, built on √dhṛ with characteristic Pali a-vowel. The Sanskrit cognate dhr̥- underlies holding and carrying in both literal and figurative senses.
- yy — ending · 2nd pl optative
The ending -y- marks optative mood, and -ātha indicates 2nd person plural. 'You (plural) would hold/bear (or should hold/bear).'
Etymology. From √dhṛ (Sanskrit dhṛṇoti 'holds, bears'), cognate with Latin ferre 'to carry, bear' and English bear. The root sense is literal carrying, extended to holding in the mind. The optative mood expresses what the subject would or should do.