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sañchinnāni

sañchinna

nt nom pl of sañchinna (pp); nt acc pl of sañchinna (pp); nt voc pl of sañchinna (pp)

1. cut off; snapped off; broken off; lit. cut together

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Brings things into one, here used to mark forceful or complete action. Works like Latin con-.
• chid — root · cut, split
  PIE *skeyd-; cognate with English 'shed', 'sheath'. The image is of splitting or severing.
• na — ending · past participle neuter
  Marks the neuter stem of the past participle in Pali, agreeing with plural neuter nominative/accusative/vocative forms.

Analysis. saṁ + √chid, 'cut together': literally 'things cut together', i.e. severed or broken apart.

Etymology. √chid 'to cut' (Sanskrit chid-, from PIE *skeyd- 'to split, separate'; cognate with English 'shed', 'sheath', Greek skhediasthai 'to cut up') prefixed with saṁ 'together'. The prefix transforms the sense from simple cutting to cutting-together as rupture or severance.

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

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