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nisinnassa

nisinna

masc dat sg of nisinna (pp); nt dat sg of nisinna (pp); masc gen sg of nisinna (pp); nt gen sg of nisinna (pp); …

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

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Spatial prefix with directional force: 'down into a seated position.' English nether, German nieder share the same root.
• sad — root · sit
  Root meaning to sit or settle. Cognate with English 'sit', Latin 'sedēre', Sanskrit 'sad-'; all from PIE *sed- 'to sit, settle'.
• ī — stem · seat, settle
  Ligature vowel forming the present stem nisīda- (see nisīdati).
• nna — ending · past participle
  Past participle suffix (pp masc/nt); marks completed action of sitting down. Here nisinna = 'one who has sat (down)'.

Etymology. ni- (down, into) + √sad (sit), literally 'sat down'; √sad cognate with English 'sit' (both from PIE *sed-), Sanskrit āsīta, Latin sedēre.

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

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