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saṁvejeyyanti

saṁvejeti

3rd person plural optative (present-future) of saṁvejeti (causative)

1. would stir, would agitate
2. would disturb, trouble

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together, with
  Brings things into one; here expresses collective or intensified agitation. Works like Latin con- and English same.
• vej — root · shake, stir
  The core image of physical motion; the causative vejeti makes others shake or tremble.
• e — stem · causative marker
  Forms the causative stem vejeti (to cause to shake) from the root.
• yyanti — ending · 3rd plural optative
  Expresses potential or conditional action by multiple agents; -yy- lengthens the stem, -anti marks 3rd plural.

Analysis. saṁ + vejeti: together + (√vej) to stir/shake. Causative form meaning to set in motion together or to agitate multiple things.

Etymology. saṁ- (together, bringing into one) + √vej (to shake, stir). The prefix shifts from concrete spatial gathering to the abstract sense of collective agitation or disturbance.

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

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