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saṁvijjantīti

saṁvijjati

3rd person plural present indicative (or nominal form with abstract -ti); the surface form saṁvijjantīti is contracted, with -antī (feminine plural present participle) + ti (quotative/anaphoric particle), 'saying (that) they exist'

1. exist together
2. are present
3. occur
4. happen

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Brings things into unity or co-presence; from Indo-European *sem-, the root of English 'same'.
• vi — root · be found, exist
  From √vidh; related to 'see' (witnessing something real). The root sense is discovering or coming to light.
• ja — stem · suffix forming present stem
  Thematic stem formation; -ja- is characteristic of the present tense in Pali.
• antī — ending · feminine plural present participle
  Agrees with a feminine plural subject; marks an ongoing or habitual action at the moment of speaking.
• ti — ending · quotative/anaphoric particle
  Often marks reported or cited speech; 'saying that', 'it is said that'.

Analysis. saṁ + vijjati: 'together + to be found/exist'; the -ti ending here marks a quotative or cited speech clause, 'saying that...'

Etymology. saṁ (together; same root as English 'same') + vijjati (from √vidh, 'to find, discover, exist'; related to Sanskrit vidyate and ultimately to Indo-European *wid-, 'to see', as in English 'wit' and Latin 'videre'). The concrete image is things discovered or appearing-together.

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

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