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socati

pr 3rd sg of socati (verb)

1. sorrows; suffers (over); grieves (about); mourns (over)

Built from

• soc — root · grieve, burn
  The root √suc carries the sense of internal burning or consuming grief. It appears in the Pali suttas to express sorrow that consumes the heart.
• a — ending · present stem
  The thematic vowel -a- marks the present system and is common in -ti verbs.
• ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  The ending -ti is the standard marker of 3rd person singular present indicative in Pali.

Etymology. √suc (to burn, grieve) has cognates in Sanskrit śuc- (to grieve, be sorrowful) and likely connects to the Indo-European root *seuǵ- seen in Latin sugio (I suck, draw in) and English suck — the underlying image is of being drawn inward by pain, consumed from within like a fire.

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

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