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kareyyanti

kareyya

3rd person plural conditional of karoti

1. kareyya (ptp): could be done; should be made; lit. to be done
2. karoti (pr): does; acts; performs
3. karoti (pr): makes
4. karoti (pr): builds; constructs

Built from

• kar — root · do, make
  From √kar-, cognate with Latin creare (create) and English craft. The concrete sense is shaping or forming; it generalizes to any action.
• eyya — ending · conditional
  The conditional suffix expresses potentiality or obligation—what might or should be done. It derives from the optative and carries a sense of possibility or fitness.
• anti — ending · 3rd plural
  Third person plural ending, marking multiple agents. It agrees with the subject of the conditional clause.

Analysis. kareyyanti = kareyya (conditional stem) + anti (3rd person plural ending); the conditional mood expresses what might or should happen under certain conditions.

Etymology. √kar- (do, make) is cognate with Sanskrit √kṛ-, Latin creare (create), English craft. The concrete image is 'to form or shape by hand'; this extends to all kinds of action and production.

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

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