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paritassati

pr 3rd sg of paritassati (verb)

1. is perturbed; is shaken; is agitated; is anxious; is anguished; lit. trembles all around

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, completely
  Completeness and all-roundness; cognates Greek peri- (perimeter). Here it makes the trembling total and inescapable.
• tass — root · shake, tremble
  The root √tass (Sanskrit tasati) expresses the physical sensation of trembling or vibration. No certain Indo-European cognate, but related to motion verbs expressing rapid oscillation.
• ati — ending · 3rd sg present
  The present indicative ending -ati marks third person singular in the present tense.

Analysis. pari + √tass: trembling all around (completely shaken through).

Etymology. √tass (to shake, tremble) is related to Sanskrit tasati and ultimately to Indo-European *ters- (to shake, tremble); the prefix pari (around, all the way round, expressing completeness) intensifies the sense to mean shaken throughout or completely perturbed.

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

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