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passasi
passati
pr 2nd sg of passati (verb); aor 3rd sg of passasi (verb); aor 2nd sg of passasi (verb)
- passati (pr): sees
- passati (pr): understands; gets; lit. sees
- passati (pr): finds; encounters; meets with; lit. sees
- passati (pr): looks at; observes; examines; inspects; lit. sees
- passasi (pr): you see; do you see?
- passasi (aor): breathed out; lit. breathed forward
Built from
- pas — root · see, perceive
The root √pas carries the image of sight and visual perception. Cognate with Latin patēre (to be open, visible), Sanskrit paśyati (sees), and Greek past- (as in panorama); all descend from the PIE root *pek- or *spek- (to look, observe).
- sa — stem · present stem
The thematic stem-formant -sa- creates the present indicative base passati. This is a regular tense-marker in Pali verbs.
- si — ending · 2nd singular
The ending -si marks 2nd person singular present indicative: 'you' performing the action of seeing.
Etymology. Root √pas (to see, perceive) is cognate with Latin patēre (to lie open, be visible), Sanskrit paśyati (sees), and Greek past- in compounds; the basic image is sight as opening onto the world. The present stem passati adds the thematic vowel -a- and personal ending -si for 2nd singular.