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sobheyya

sobhati

opt 3rd sg of sobhati (verb); opt 3rd sg of sobheti (verb)

1. sobhati (pr): shines; radiates (in)
2. sobhati (pr): looks beautiful (in); lit. shines
3. sobhati (pr): counts (for); compares (to); is worth; lit. shines
4. sobheti (pr): adorns; graces; embellishes; beautifies; lit. causes to shine

Built from

• sobh — root · shine, be bright
  The root carries the concrete sense of radiance or luminosity; in Pali it extends to aesthetic beauty and worthiness. Sanskrit śobhate shows the same root.
• e — ending · optative marker
  This thematic vowel marks the optative mood, expressing wish or condition. In 3rd singular optative, -eyya is the full suffix.
• yya — ending · optative 3rd sg
  The -yya ending completes the optative singular third person, rendering the conditional or wished-for sense.

Etymology. Root √sobh, "to shine" or "to be bright"; cognate with Sanskrit śobhate ("shines, appears") and possibly Sanskrit śubh- ("bright, beautiful"). The root is ancient but lacks clear Indo-European cognates outside Sanskrit and Pali.

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

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