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mucceyyuṁ

mucchati

3rd person plural optative (potential/conditional), or possibly 3rd person plural conditional; surface form mucceyyuṁ appears to be a variant or scribal form of muceyyuṁ

1. to be released, freed
2. to escape
3. to slip away

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• muc — root · release, slip away
  The root images separation or slipping loose. Cognate with Latin movēre and English move, originally 'to move away'.
• -eyyuṁ — ending · 3rd plural optative
  The -eyya- optative suffix marks a potential, desired, or conditional action; -ṁ is the 3rd plural nominative ending.

Etymology. √muc, cognate with Latin movēre (move) and English move; the root sense is 'to move away, slip, release'. The optative -eyya- marks wish or potential condition.

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

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