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gedhimakāsi

aor 3rd sg of gedhimakāsi (verb); aor 2nd sg of gedhimakāsi (verb)

1. desired; yearned; had desire (for); lit. made greed

Built from

• gedhi — root · greed, grasping
  From a root meaning to seize or clutch greedily; related to Sanskrit gṛdh- and English 'greed'.
• ma — ending · abstract noun-maker
  Suffix that creates mass nouns or nominalizations; here turns the notion of grasping into the abstract 'greed'.
• kāsi — ending · aorist 3rd/2nd sg
  Aorist tense-ending of √kar 'to make'; this tense marks a completed action in past time.

Analysis. gedhī + ma + kāsi: from gedhi (greed) + suffix -ma (abstract noun-maker) + kāsi (aorist of karoti 'made'). Literally 'made greed' — a causative-style construction expressing the arousal of desire.

Etymology. gedhi is cognate with Sanskrit gṛdh- (to seize, grasp greedily) and Germanic *gred- (greed, greedy); the -ma suffix creates an abstract mass noun; kāsi comes from √kar 'to make' (cognate with Latin creare, English create).

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

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