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sattānaṁ

satta

genitive plural masculine of satta (being, creature)

1. beings
2. creatures
3. living beings

Built from

• sat — root · be, exist
  Indo-European root; cognates with English 'is', Latin 'esse'. The abstract sense 'being' develops from the concrete reality of something existing.
• ta — ending · participle
  Past participle ending, making an agent noun: 'that which is', hence 'being' or 'creature'.
• ānaṁ — ending · genitive plural
  Genitive plural masculine ending, expressing possession or relation: 'of beings'.

Etymology. Sanskrit sat-, past participle of √as (to be), hence "that which is"; cognate with English "is" and Latin "esse" (to be). The suffix -ta forms the participle.

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

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