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parimasissāmīti

parimasati

1st person singular future of parimasati

1. touches; strokes; rubs

Built from

• pari- — prefix · around, thoroughly
  Conveys completeness and all-around action; from pari meaning 'on all sides, completely'.
• mas — root · touch, stroke
  √mas appears in Sanskrit mṛś- (to touch, feel, handle); the concrete sense of tactile contact extends to gentle handling or stroking.
• ssa — ending · future marker
  Pali future formant -ssa- marks the simple future tense.
• mi — ending · 1st singular present/future
  Personal ending -mi indicates 1st person singular, active voice.
• iti — ending · quotative particle
  The particle iti marks reported speech or thought, here closing an indirect statement 'thus...'.

Analysis. parimasissāmi (1st sg. fut.) + iti (quotative particle 'thus'): 'I shall touch' + thus, forming a reported thought or intention.

Etymology. pari- (around, all the way round) + √mas (to touch, stroke). The root √mas is cognate with Sanskrit mṛś- (to touch, feel); the prefix pari- conveys the sense of touching all around, thoroughly handling or caressing. Related to English 'massage' (via Greek).

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

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