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phusanti
phusati
pr 3rd pl of phusati (verb)
- touches; contacts; feels; experiences
- affects; befalls; harms; impacts; lit. touches
- (of meditation attainments or Nibbāna) experiences; reaches; attains; achieves; lit. touches
- (of a mistake) performs; commits; lit. touches
Built from
- phu — root · touch, contact, reach
From PIE *bhew-, originally the sense of becoming or growth meeting something; hence to touch, come into contact with, or reach attainment.
- sa — ending · 3rd plural present
The -sa ending marks 3rd person plural present indicative in Pali, continuing the -anti suffix here as -nti with euphonic contraction to -sa in this context (phus- + -anti > phusanti).
Etymology. From PIE root *bhew- "to swell, grow, become" (cognate with English "be", Latin "fui", Greek "phúein" "to grow, produce"). The Pali root phus- developed the sense of contact through the imagery of growth meeting and touching something. Related to Sanskrit sphuṭ- "to burst, touch".