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sambhavesīnaṁ

sambhavati

genitive plural masculine of the present participle (sambhavesīnaṁ = sambhavatin + ānaṁ), meaning 'of those being possible' or 'of those that can arise'

1. be possible, be able to happen
2. arise, come into being
3. occur, take place

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, with
  Things brought into one; here combining causal conditions that allow arising.
• bhava — root · become, arise
  The concrete imagery is emergence or coming-into-being. Cognate with English 'be' and Sanskrit bhavati.
• esī — stem · present participle stem
  The formant -esī (alternative to -anta/-māna) marks present-tense participles in Pali.
• naṁ — ending · genitive plural
  The ending -naṁ (from -ānaṁ with sandhi) marks the genitive plural of masculine nouns and participles, here used attributively to modify an implied antecedent.

Analysis. saṁ + bhavati: 'together' + 'becomes'; the prefix saṁ- combines with bhavati (become) to mean 'come together' hence 'arise, be possible'. The form shows the genitive plural of the present participle used attributively.

Etymology. √bhavati (become) is cognate with English 'be' and Sanskrit bhavati; the prefix saṁ- (together, with, completely) works like English 'same' and Latin con-, bringing elements into one unified state. The semantic shift from 'becomes together' to 'becomes possible' reflects how combined conditions allow something to arise.

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

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