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harīyati
pr 3rd sg of harīyati (verb)
- is carried; is carried around (by)
Built from
- har — root · carry, bear
The root sense is literal carrying and bearing; spatially, motion toward the agent. Cognate with Sanskrit harāti, Latin cerō.
- ī — stem · passive marker
The passive-voice formant that gives the verb its hollow, receptive character.
- ya — ending · passive suffix
Part of the passive present-tense system; marks the action as something undergone by the subject.
- ti — ending · 3rd sg. present
Third-person singular present-tense marker in Pali; establishes the temporal and personal reference of the verb.
Etymology. From √har (to carry, bear), related to Sanskrit harāti and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (to carry); cognate with Latin cerō (to bear, wax) and English carry. The passive form -īyati is a regular Pali passive-voice formation.