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sakkassa

sakka

masc dat sg of sakka (ptp); nt dat sg of sakka (ptp); masc gen sg of sakka (ptp); nt gen sg of sakka (ptp); …

1. able; capable; proficient; lit. to be able
2. name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
3. Sakyan; man of the Sakyan race

Built from

• sak — root · be able, have power
  The sense 'power' and 'capacity' underlies both the common adjective sakka (able) and the proper name Sakka. Cognate with Sanskrit śakti (power, strength) and Greek sakhós (companion, follower) in the sense of one who can keep pace.
• ka — ending · past participle marker
  Forms an adjective from the root: one who is able, who has power. In the dative and genitive forms shown, the ending undergoes secondary inflection for case and number.

Etymology. From √sak, 'to be able, to have power'; cognate with Sanskrit śakti 'power, strength' and English sack (in the sense 'dismiss, be capable of removing'). The root belongs to Indo-European *sak- 'to follow, to accompany', whence also Latin sagax 'keen-scented, wise' (one who follows a trail).

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

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