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pāteti

pr 3rd sg of pāteti (verb)

1. chops off; lit. causes to fall
2. shoots; lit. causes to fall
3. causes to fall; makes drop
4. fells, throws off; lit. causes to fall

Built from

• pā — root · fall, fly
  The root √pat (with vowel grade pā-) means 'to fall' or 'to fly' and cognates with Latin patere (to spread open, be exposed, to fall open) and Sanskrit patati. The spatial sense is downward motion.
• te — ending · 3rd singular present causative
  The causative suffix -te(ti) forms a verb meaning 'causes [the action of the root]'. Here it makes pāteti 'causes to fall' from the intransitive root pat-.

Etymology. Causative of pati (to fall), from the root √pat meaning 'to fall' or 'to fly'. The root √pat cognates with Latin patere (to lie open, be exposed) and Sanskrit patati (falls, flies). The causative -eti suffix (also -ti in some verbs) derives from the causative morpheme creating the sense 'causes [someone/something] to fall' from the intransitive root.

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

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