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mettāyati

pr 3rd sg of mettāyati (verb)

1. has goodwill towards; is kind (to)

Etymology. mettāya + ti; from √mitt 'be friendly'; Sanskrit maitrāyati [mith]

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

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