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samiñjitabbaṁ

samiñjati

gerundive neuter singular nominative of samiñjati (should be contracted; see note)

1. should be drawn together
2. ought to be contracted

Built from

• sam — prefix · together
  Brings things into one; the concreteness of gathering inward or unifying.
• iñj — root · bend, contract
  To draw or flex; physical contracting of limbs or objects.
• itabbaṁ — ending · should be (gerundive)
  Gerundive neuter nominative singular: marks obligatory or appropriate action—what ought to be done or contracted together.

Analysis. sam- (together) + iñj- (bend, draw) + -itabbaṁ (gerundive ending, expressing what ought or should be done). The surface form samiñjitabbaṁ contracts the gerundive suffix -itabba with the neuter nominative ending -ṁ, yielding the sense 'what should be brought together or contracted'.

Etymology. sam- + √iñj (bend, contract). The root iñj appears in Sanskrit iñjati 'moves, stirs'; the prefix sam- brings the sense of gathering inward, as when objects are drawn together or a limb is flexed.

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

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