sabbete

sandhi contraction (nom. pl.)

all of them; all these

Built from

sabbe — stem · all
Nominative plural of sabba (all), from PIE *suer- (to separate, each one). Cognate with Sanskrit sarva- and Greek horos (boundary).
ete — stem · these
Nominative plural of eta (this), a demonstrative pronoun. Elided initial vowel in sandhi; ete < *e-te, from PIE *e- (this, pointing), related to Latin is and English that.

Analysis. sabbe (all, nom. pl.) + ete (these, nom. pl.) contracted by elision of the initial vowel of ete; used to emphasize totality or point to a group inclusively.

Etymology. sabbe < *sarva- (all) cognate with Sanskrit sarva- and English several (from Latin severus, originally 'separate, each'); ete from the demonstrative *eta- (this), related to Sanskrit tat- and English that.

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

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