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satta

x nom pl of satta (card); x acc pl of satta (card); masc voc sg of satta (noun); masc voc sg of satta (pp); …

1. satta (card): seven (7)
2. satta (masc): being; living being; creature
3. satta (masc): bright principal, sattva (of the Sāṃkhya)
4. satta (pp): clung; stuck; attached (to)
5. satta (pp): cursed; sworn
6. sattar (masc): enemy; adversary

Built from

• sat — root · sit, be, exist
  The root √sat means 'to sit' and 'to be' — what sits is what endures. Cognate with Latin esse, English is, Sanskrit sat-.
• ta — ending · nominalized participle
  Converts the root into a noun meaning one who sits or exists — hence a being, creature. Standard nominalizing suffix.

Etymology. From √sat (sit, be), cognate with Sanskrit sat- (being, present participle of as- 'to be'), Latin esse, English is. The concrete image is of what sits or endures; extended to any existent creature. Related to Skt. sattva (essence, being) through the same root.

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

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