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paripūreti
pr 3rd sg of paripūreti (verb)
- fills up; fills out; saturates; lit. causes to fill all around
- is swelling; is filling up; is increasing; lit. causes to fill all around
- fulfils; completes; accomplishes; lit. causes to fill all around
Built from
- pari — prefix · around, all the way round
Indicates completeness and totality. Cognate with Greek peri- (perimeter); conveys going the whole distance, so abstract meanings like 'completion' and 'perfection' flow from the concrete imagery of surrounding thoroughly.
- pūr — root · fill
Proto-Indo-European *per(ə)- 'to fill, carry'. Cognate with Latin plenus 'full', English plenty, plural. The root's basic sense is 'to pour, swell, fill', extended to accomplishment through the idea of bringing to fullness.
- e — stem · causative marker
Marks the word as causative: 'causes to fill' rather than 'fills'. This forms the basis for the present-tense stem.
- ti — ending · 3rd singular present
Indicates third person singular present indicative: he/she/it fills (now, habitually, or universally).
Analysis. pari (prefix, around, all the way round) + pūreti (causative of pūrati, to fill). The prefix pari- conveys the sense of completeness—filling all around, hence fulfilling thoroughly.
Etymology. The root √pṛ (Sanskrit pṛ, pūr-) means 'to fill' or 'to carry'. It appears in Latin plenus 'full' and English plural, plenty (from Latin plenitudo). The causative -eti ending (from √kṛ 'to make, do') turns 'fill' into 'cause to fill'. Pari- adds the sense of going all the way around, so the word depicts a completion that leaves nothing unfilled or unfinished.