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sabbesānampissa

locative singular masculine of sabbesānampissa, or more accurately, locative singular of a possessive pronoun formed from sabba (all) + nesam (of them) + pissa (for/to him); alternatively analyzed as a compound locative form meaning "among all of them" or "in the midst of all"

1. among all of them
2. in the presence of all
3. in front of everyone

Built from

• sabba — root · all, whole
  From Indo-European *sab- (entire, whole); related to Sanskrit sarva. Emphasizes totality.
• nesaṁ — ending · of them (genitive plural)
  Genitive plural of the demonstrative ta-, referring to a plural antecedent.
• pissa — ending · to/for, in regard to (postposition)
  Postpositional locative or dative marker indicating location or beneficiary; often follows genitives to form locative compounds.

Analysis. sabba- (all) + nesaṁ (of them, genitive plural of ta-) + pissa (dative/locative postposition, "to/for/in regard to him/it"). The form is a sandhi contraction: sabbesānaṁ + pissa > sabbesānampissa, with final -ṁ before p becoming -n and lengthening the preceding vowel.

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

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