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pakkhipeyya

pakkhipati

opt 3rd sg of pakkhipati (verb)

1. throws (in); throws (at); throws (onto)
2. puts (in); inserts (into); places (in); lit. throws

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifying prefix meaning forth or forward; spatially grounded in the act of throwing something out or ahead.
• khip — root · throw, hurl
  Root denoting the casting or hurling motion. Cognate with Sanskrit kṣip- and likely related to English 'chip' (to break off by throwing).
• e — ending · optative marker
  Marker of the optative mood, expressing possibility or wish; here marking 3rd singular optative form in -eyya.
• yya — ending · optative 3sg
  Secondary optative ending for 3rd singular, transforming the present stem into a conditional or volitional form.

Analysis. pa + √khip. The prefix pa- (forward, forth) intensifies the root √khip (to throw), giving the sense of throwing forth or into.

Etymology. √khip cognate with Sanskrit kṣip- (to throw, hurl); the prefix pa- (forward, forth) from PIE *per- (forward, beyond). The spatial imagery of throwing forth into a target underlies the doctrinal sense of 'placing' or 'inserting' (as in pakkhipana, the act of insertion).

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

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