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nisinnā

nisinna

masc nom pl of nisinna (pp); fem nom sg of nisinna (pp); fem nom pl of nisinna (pp); nt nom pl of nisinna (pp); …

1. seated (in)
2. sitting; lit. seated

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Downward motion and settling. Cognate with English nether, German nieder.
• sad — root · sit, settle
  The concrete action of sitting or settling. Cognate with Latin sedēre, English sit, German sitzen (all from IE *sed-).
• na — ending · past participle
  Marks the settled state: one who has sat down and is now seated.

Etymology. ni- (down, into) + √sad (sit). The prefix ni- conveys the downward motion of settling into a seated position. √sad is cognate with Latin sedēre (sit, settle), English sit, German sitzen — all from the Indo-European root *sed- (sit, settle). The participle nisinna shows the settled state resulting from that downward motion.

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

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