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pāturahosi

aor 3rd sg of pāturahosi (verb); aor 2nd sg of pāturahosi (verb)

1. appeared; manifested; lit. was visible

Built from

• pā — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifying prefix meaning forth or forward, propelling the action into manifestation.
• rādh — root · succeed, accomplish, appear
  Root meaning to succeed, attain, or become manifest. The sense of successful appearance underlies the meaning 'became visible'.
• osi — ending · 2nd sg aorist or 3rd sg aorist
  Aorist ending marking either second person singular or third person singular in archaic/dialectal Pali forms.

Analysis. pātu- (visible, evident) + -rahosi (aorist of √rādh, to succeed, accomplish). The root √rādh governs the sense 'became visible': what succeeds in appearing comes into view. The prefix pā- (forward, forth) intensifies the visibility, propelling it outward.

Etymology. √rādh (to succeed, accomplish, attain; cognate with Sanskrit √rādh and √radh) combines with the perfectivizing prefix pā- (forward, forth). The concrete image is motion forth into manifestation: what accomplishes its appearance steps forward into visibility. Related to √radh in Sanskrit dharma 'that which is held' (from √dhṛ, but semantic neighbour).

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

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