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paccassosuṁ

paccassosati

3rd person plural aorist active of paccassosati (resolved from paccassosuṁ; the -suṁ ending is a contracted form of -suṃ, 3rd plural aorist marker)

1. listened back to
2. heeded in return
3. paid heed

Built from

• paṭi — prefix · back, in return
  Expresses counter-action or reciprocal response; from the spatial sense of returning or facing back.
• asso — stem · listen, hear
  From √asu, cognate with Latin audīre and English hear; the stem-form of assosati.
• -suṁ — ending · 3rd plural aorist
  Marks the simple past tense, 3rd person plural; contracted in this form.

Analysis. paṭi- (back, in return) + assosati (listens, hears), a compound verbal form expressing the reciprocal or reactive sense of listening or responding with attention.

Etymology. paṭi- + √asu (hear, listen); asu is cognate with Latin audīre (hear) and English hear, from Indo-European *h₂eus-. The prefix paṭi- (back, against, in return) gives the sense of responding or returning attention.

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

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