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ittarasamāpannoti

ittarasamāpanna

adjective (nominative masculine singular ending -o + quotative particle iti)

1. recently attained; lit. short entered

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings things into one unified state; here, entering into a collective or completed condition.
• ā — prefix · toward the speaker, up to
  Reverses the direction of motion verbs; here, √pad 'go' becomes 'come, arrive, enter', intensifying the sense of attainment.
• pad — root · go, step, enter
  Cognate with Latin pes (foot) and English foot. The root's sense of stepping or walking underlies entry into a state.
• na — ending · past participle marker
  Forms the past participle, indicating a state that has been entered and is now present.
• iti — prefix · quotative particle
  Marks the preceding phrase as a nominalized or epithet form, often used in doctrinal discourse.

Analysis. ittara + samāpanna + iti: 'short/brief' + 'entered together' + quotative particle. The compound describes an attainment that has only recently been entered into (samāpanna), hence the sense of freshness or shortness of time since entry.

Etymology. ittara (brief, short time) is of uncertain origin; samāpanna is sam + ā + √pad (to go, enter), where sam- means 'together' and ā- reverses direction toward the speaker, giving 'entered into, attained'. The √pad cognates with Latin pes (foot) and English foot. The quotative iti marks the phrase as a descriptive epithet.

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

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