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manussabhūtassāti

manussabhūta

nominative singular masculine of manussabhūta, adjective; final -tti is emphatic particle

1. in human form; of human birth; lit. become human
2. human birth; human state; lit. become human
3. human being; lit. become human

Built from

• manusssa — root · human, man
  From PIE *manu-, the thinking being; cognates English "man", Latin "mēns" (mind), Sanskrit "manuṣya".
• bhūta — stem · become, born
  Past participle of bhavati (to become); from PIE *bʰeuə- (to grow, be); cognates English "be", Latin "futūrus", Greek "phýein".
• -ssa — ending · genitive singular masculine
  Marks the dependent genitive relationship in the compound phrase, indicating possession or pertinence to the state of human birth.
• -ti — ending · emphatic particle
  Emphatic and affirmative particle that closes the phrase, reinforcing the assertion or state described by the preceding compound.

Analysis. manussabhūta-ssa-ti: compound manussabhūta (manusssa "human" + bhūta "become, born") in genitive singular (manussabhūtassa) + emphatic particle tti, forming an adverbial/affirmative phrase "of one who has become human, in the state of having become human".

Etymology. manusssa is from PIE *manu- (man, thinking being); cognates include English "man", Latin "mēns" (mind), Sanskrit "manuṣya". bhūta is the past participle of bhavati "to become, be", from PIE *bʰeuə- (to grow, come to be); cognates include English "be", "been", Latin "futūrus" (future), Greek "phýein" (to grow). The compound manussabhūta literalizes as "become human" or "human-become", with the adjective expressing the state of having attained human form.

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

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