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nāccasārī

masc nom sg of nāccasārī (adj); masc nom pl of nāccasārī (adj); fem nom sg of nāccasārī (adj); nt nom pl of nāccasārī (adj); …

1. not gone over the limit; who does not overshoot; not overreached

Built from

• na — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognate: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist). Negates the entire compound.
• ati — prefix · over, beyond
  Marks excess or transgression. Cognates: Greek eti 'still, besides', Latin et. The concrete sense of going past a boundary becomes the abstract sense of overstepping a limit.
• car — root · go, move
  Cognates: Latin currere 'run', English car. The root carries the concrete sense of motion.
• sārī — ending · agent noun
  Derives an adjective or agent noun from the root. Here it forms an adjective meaning 'one who goes' or 'one characterized by the action'.

Analysis. na + ati + ccasārī, where ati is the prefix meaning 'over, beyond' and ccasārī is from √car 'go'. The word compounds negation (na, 'not') with the prefix ati ('beyond') and the root of motion, giving 'not gone beyond', i.e. one who does not exceed or overshoot a mark or limit.

Etymology. na (negation, cognate English un-, Greek a-) + ati (over, beyond; cognate Greek eti 'still', Latin et) + √car (go; cognate Latin currere 'run', English car). The prefix ati carries its spatial sense of 'past the mark' into the abstract sense of exceeding a proper bound.

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

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