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nisīdāpeti

pr 3rd sg of nisīdāpeti (verb)

1. makes (someone) take a seat; makes sit down; lit. causes to sit down

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Spatial prefix meaning downward motion or descent into a place. Cognates: English nether, German nieder.
• sīd — root · sit, settle
  Root meaning to sit or settle. Cognate with Latin sedēre, English sit, German sitzen; all from Indo-European *sed-.
• āpe — ending · causative
  The causative suffix -āpeti forms the causative stem; here it means 'causes to sit' or 'makes sit down'.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg present
  Third person singular present indicative ending; marks the subject as singular and the action as ongoing in present time.

Analysis. ni-sīdāpeti: the prefix ni- (down, into) + sīdāpeti (causative of sīdati, to sit down); the causative -āpeti forms demand the sense 'causes to sit'.

Etymology. From ni- (down, into; cognates: English nether, German nieder) + √sid/sīd (to sit, settle). The root sid is related to Latin sedēre (to sit), English sit, German sitzen — all from Indo-European *sed- (to sit). The prefix ni- gives the concrete image of settling downward into a place.

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

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