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parisandeyya
parisandeti
opt 3rd sg of parisandeti (verb)
- soaks; steeps; drenches; pervades; lit. causes to flow around
Built from
- pari — prefix · around, completely
From pari 'on all sides', suggesting circumferential or complete action. Peri- in Greek (perimeter) descends from the same Indo-European root; works here to intensify the action of flowing into all parts.
- sand — root · flow, ooze
√sand denotes the gradual flowing or oozing of liquid. Cognate with Sanskrit syandati and English send (to cause to move forth).
- e — ending · present stem
The present-stem vowel -e- (or -a- in the stronger grades of the root); marks the verb as Class I. Combined with the optative suffix -yya, forms the optative mood expressing what may or might happen.
- yya — ending · optative
Optative mood suffix signalling wish, possibility, or hypothetical action. Here, 'may soak, might drench'.
Analysis. pari- (around, all the way round) + √sand (flow, ooze). The prefix pari- suggests complete saturation or flowing around something on all sides, as when liquid is made to permeate or soak through entirely.
Etymology. √sand (to flow, ooze, trickle) is related to Sanskrit syandati and cognate with English send (in the sense of 'cause to move') and German senden. The concrete image is of liquid flowing or oozing gradually; pari- adds the sense of flowing all around, hence complete saturation or pervading.