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jāneyyuṁ

jānāti

3rd person plural optative of jānāti

1. they should know
2. they would know
3. may they know

Built from

• jān — root · know
  From √jñā. The concrete image is 'to see' or 'to come to know'; cognate with Sanskrit jñāta-, Greek gignōskein, and English know.
• e — stem · stem formant
  Pali stem-forming vowel that marks the present/optative class.
• yyu — ending · 3rd plural optative
  The optative mood expresses wish, possibility, or obligation (here 'should know' or 'would know'), and -yyu marks plural third person in that mood.
• ṁ — ending · anusvāra
  Nasal anusvāra marking final nasalization.

Etymology. From √jñā (Sanskrit jñāta-, Greek gignōskein, English know). The root appears across Indo-European languages expressing the idea of knowing or recognizing.

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

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