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sakkesu

sakka

masc loc pl of sakka (ptp); nt loc pl of sakka (ptp); masc loc pl of sakka (noun); masc loc pl of sakkā (noun)

1. sakka (ptp): able; capable; proficient; lit. to be able
2. sakka (masc): name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
3. sakka (masc): Sakyan; man of the Sakyan race
4. sakkā (masc): people of Sakya; Sakyans

Built from

• sakk — root · be able, be strong
  The root √sak denotes capacity and strength. Cognate with Sanskrit śakta and the English 'sack' (to plunder, implying martial strength).
• a — ending · past participle marker
  The -a ending marks the past participle (kta-form), here in locative plural concord with a noun or used independently as 'able one'.

Etymology. sakka as past participle derives from √sak 'be strong, be able'; cognate with Sanskrit śakta 'able, powerful' and English sack (as in 'sack a city'—to have the strength to plunder). The noun sakka 'Sakyan' is a gentilc adjective from the Sakya clan name, itself possibly from √sak with the sense 'mighty, strong people'.

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

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