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paviseyya

pavisati

opt 3rd sg of pavisati (verb)

1. enters; goes (into); lit. enters forward

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifying and directional prefix, marking the action as stepping out ahead or into. Common in doctrinal compounds like paññā (knowing that steps forth).
• vis — root · enter, go in
  Root denoting entry or passage into a place or condition. Semantically akin to Latin visere (to visit, go to see), though the Pali sense emphasizes crossing a threshold.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Marks this as a class I (ā-) verb in present/optative formation.
• yya — ending · optative 3rd sg
  Optative mood, 3rd person singular: expresses a wish or potential action ('might enter', 'would enter', 'let him enter').

Analysis. pa- (forward, forth) + visati (enters); the prefix pa- intensifies and directs the root's sense of entering into an action or place.

Etymology. pa- (forward, forth, from PIE *per- seen in Latin pro-, English forth) + √vis (enter, go in; cognate with Latin visere via Etruscan borrowing, though the Pali root more directly reflects the sense of entering or passing through). The verb's concrete imagery is motion forward into a space or state.

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

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