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mātāpettikasambhavassa

mātāpettikasambhava

masc dat sg of mātāpettikasambhava (adj); nt dat sg of mātāpettikasambhava (adj); masc gen sg of mātāpettikasambhava (adj); nt gen sg of mātāpettikasambhava (adj)

1. origination from one's parents; produced by one's mother and father

Built from

• mātā — root · mother
  From Sanskrit mātṛ, cognate with Latin mater and English mother; the root √mā means 'to measure' in the sense of 'making' or 'producing' life.
• pettika — stem · paternal, of fathers
  Derived from Sanskrit pitṛ 'father' (cognate with Latin pater, English father); -ika is an adjectival suffix making it relational.
• sam — prefix · together, with
  Prefix saṁ- brings things into unity; here it unifies the two parental sources into one origin.
• bhava — stem · origin, becoming
  From √bhū 'to be' (Sanskrit bhavati, cognate with English be); -a is the masculine nominative singular ending of the stem.
• ssa — ending · genitive or dative singular
  Pronominal/adjectival genitive or dative ending marking dependence or direction toward in the context of origination.

Analysis. mātā-pettika-sambhava: mātā 'mother' + pettika 'paternal, of fathers' (from pitṛ) + sambhava 'origin, becoming'. The compound describes origination springing from both parental sources together.

Etymology. sambhava from sam- (together) + bhava (becoming, from √bhū 'to be'); pettika from Sanskrit pitṛ 'father' (cognate with Latin pater, English father); mātā from Sanskrit mātṛ 'mother' (cognate with Latin mater, English mother). The prefix sam- brings the two parental origins into unified causal relation.

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

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