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paṭipanno

paṭipanna

masc nom sg of paṭipanna (pp)

1. practising (for); lit. gone along
2. followed a path; undertaken a journey; lit. gone along
3. fallen (into); met (with); got into; lit. gone along

Built from

• paṭi — prefix · back, against
  Reverses or qualifies motion: approaching something counter-wise, or retracing. Cognate with Greek prós and próti 'toward, against'.
• pan — root · go
  Reduced or participial form of √gam 'to go'. Cognate with English come and Sanskrit gam-; Indo-European *gʰem-.
• na — ending · past participle
  Marks the word as a past participle (or verbal adjective) used nominally here in nominative singular masculine, modifying the agent ('one who has gone/undertaken').

Analysis. paṭi + panna: paṭi (back, against, counter-) + panna (gone, past participle of √gam via *panná-). The prefix paṭi- reverses or qualifies the motion: 'gone back along', hence 'undertaken a path' or 'practised for'.

Etymology. From paṭi- (back, against; Greek prós, próti) + √gam (to go; English come, Sanskrit gam-; Indo-European *gʰem-). The spatial sense of paṭi- (counter-motion, retracing) combines with the notion of traversing a path, yielding the sense of taking up a practice or undergoing a state.

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

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