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sedoti

seda

masculine noun, nominative singular (sedoti appears as locative/instrumental or in Vedic utterance contexts; most commonly as sedo + iti 'sweat, [it] is said')

1. sweat; perspiration

Built from

• sed- — root · sweat, moisture
  From Indo-European *sveid- (to sweat, be damp); cognates include Sanskrit svedá-, English sweat, German Schweiß. The root image is of liquid issuing from the body.
• -a — ending · masculine nominative singular
  Marks the word as a masculine noun in nominative case, the citation form used in dictionaries and before copulas.

Analysis. sedo + iti: 'sweat' (noun) + 'it is' (3rd sg. present of atthi); the phrase means 'sweat, [namely] it is' or functions as a substantival utterance in lists or definitions.

Etymology. From √sid- or √svid- (to sweat, be moist), cognate with Sanskrit svedá- and English sweat; the root carries the image of liquid exuding from the body under heat or exertion. The Pali form shows loss of the initial sibilant cluster (*svid- > sed-), typical of Pali phonology.

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

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