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parikaḍḍhissāmi

parikaḍḍhati

fut 1st sg of parikaḍḍhati (verb)

1. drags around; pulls here and there
2. drags oneself; draws oneself (to)

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, all ways
  Conveys completeness and circularity; from the sense of going all round something.
• kaḍḍh — root · drag, pull
  The root underlying the present stem; cognate with Sanskrit kṛṣ- meaning to pull or drag.
• iss — ending · future marker
  Marks the future tense form in Pali.
• āmi — ending · 1st person singular
  Personal ending indicating 'I' as the agent.

Analysis. pari- (around) + kaḍḍh- (drag, pull): 'drags all around, pulls back and forth'.

Etymology. The root kaḍḍh- is cognate with Sanskrit kṛṣ- (drag, pull), related to Greek keirein (comb, scratch) and Latin carere (lack, be without); the prefix pari- (around, all the way round) intensifies the sense of pulling in all directions.

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

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