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pajāneyyaṁime

pajānāti

3rd person singular optative, middle voice (or potential subjunctive); surface form pajāneyyaṁ + nominative plural pronoun ime 'these'

1. might understand, could know
2. should recognize distinctly

Built from

• pa — prefix · forth, distinctly
  Intensifying prefix meaning 'forward, out ahead'. Adds clarity and completeness to the action of knowing.
• jāneyyaṁ — stem · might know
  Optative middle form of √jñā (know, recognize). The -eyyaṁ ending marks the optative mood—expressing possibility, potential, or what should be done. Cognate with Latin noscere, English know.
• ime — stem · these
  Nominative plural masculine of imaṁ (this, these). Typically refers to things near in space, time, or in discourse—here, doctrinal truths to be recognized.

Analysis. pajāneyyaṁ = optative form of pajānāti (pa- + √jñā); ime = nominative plural of imaṁ 'this'. The phrase means 'these [things] one might/should understand.'

Etymology. pa- (forward, forth; intensifying) + √jñā (know, recognize; cognate with Latin noscere, English know). The prefix pa- makes jānāti 'knows' into pajānāti 'knows distinctly' or 'recognizes fully'.

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

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