paricca

gerund (absolutive)

encompassing; encircling; lit. going around

Built from

pari — prefix · around, completely
Concrete spatial sense of motion in a full circle; implies totality and enclosure. Cognate to Greek peri- (perimeter) and Latin per-.

Analysis. pari (prefix 'around, all the way round') + icca (gerund of √i 'go'): 'having gone around', hence 'by encompassing' or 'after encircling'.

Etymology. pari- (from PIE *per-, 'forward, through'; cognate Greek peri-, Latin per-) combines with √i 'go' (cognate Latin ī-, ire; English itinerary). The gerund icca expresses the action as completed preliminary to the main verb.

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

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