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etassa

eta

masc dat sg of eta (pron); nt dat sg of eta (pron); masc gen sg of eta (pron); nt gen sg of eta (pron)

1. eta (pron): this
2. etassa (pron): for this; to him
3. etassa (pron): of this

Built from

• eta — root · this
  Demonstrative pronoun, ultimately from PIE *e-, the most basic deictic stem. Found in Sanskrit etad, Greek (h)e, and related to Latin is, id via the same ancestral root.
• -ssa — ending · dat–gen sg
  Inherited Proto-Indo-European dative–genitive ending *-syo, signalling 'for' or 'of' depending on context. Preserves the sibilant characteristic of PIE genitive forms.

Etymology. Proto-Indo-European demonstrative stem *e-/i- ("this, he"), from which Sanskrit etad and Greek (h)e ("he, she") descend. The final -ssa is the inherited dative–genitive ending reflecting PIE *-syo.

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

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