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nisinno

nisinna

masc nom sg of nisinna (pp)

1. seated (in)

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Spatial prefix meaning downward motion or descent; here intensifying the sense of settling down.
• sad — root · sit
  Root meaning to sit or settle; cognate with English 'sit', Latin 'sedēre', Sanskrit 'sad'. The past participle form nisinna describes one who has sat down, hence 'seated'.
• -na — ending · past participle
  Past participle ending in Pali; the masculine nominative singular form nisinna describes a sitting or seated state as a completed action.

Etymology. ni- (down, into) + √sad (sit): the root sat/sad means 'to sit' and appears in English 'seat', Latin 'sedēre', Sanskrit 'sad'. The prefix ni- (down, into) intensifies the sense of settling down into a seated position. Cognate: English 'sit' (from *sed-).

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

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