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samparitāpeyyāti
samparitāpeti
3rd person singular optative active of samparitāpeti
- tortures; torments; scorches; lit. causes to heat all around
- scorches; boils; evaporates; lit. causes to heat all around
Built from
- sam — prefix · together, completely
Brings elements into unity; here intensifies the action of heating. Cognate with English 'same' and Latin 'similis'.
- pari — prefix · around, all the way round
Encircles or completes an action; here suggests heat applied all around. Cognate with Greek 'peri-' (perimeter).
- tāp — root · heat, burn, torment
The root sense is thermal: to heat or scorch. Related to English 'damp' and Scandinavian words for compression via heat (PIE *tep-).
- e — ending · thematic vowel
Links the root to the tense-mood morphemes in the active voice.
- yya — ending · optative marker
Marks the optative mood, expressing potential, conditional, or wished-for action — 'would torture'.
- ti — ending · 3rd person singular active
Agrees with the subject in third person singular; active voice.
Analysis. sam- + pari- + tāp- + -e- + -yya- + -ti: 'causes to heat all around' — saṁ (together, completely) + pari (around) intensify the root √tāp (to heat), with the optative marking potential or hypothetical action.
Etymology. √tāp (to heat, burn; cognate with English 'damp', Old Norse 'þeypa' 'to compress', from PIE *tep- 'to warm'). The prefix pair sam- + pari- emphasizes complete, all-encompassing heating or torment, as fire affecting something from all sides.