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supaññattā

supaññatta

masc nom pl of supaññatta (adj); fem nom sg of supaññatta (adj); fem nom pl of supaññatta (adj); nt nom pl of supaññatta (adj); …

1. well stated; well taught; lit. well caused to actively know

Built from

• su — prefix · well, good
  The concrete sense 'in a good or complete way' underlies all uses. Cognate with Greek eu- (eu-logy) and English 'good'.
• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Often intensifies the root; here 'putting forth knowledge' or 'making known distinctly'.
• ñā — root · know
  From Indo-European √gnoH₂; cognate with English 'know', German 'Kenntnis', Sanskrit jñā-. The root carries the sense 'to perceive, become aware'.
• peti/āpeti — stem · make, cause
  The causative stem derived from √dhā (place, put); here forming paññāpeti 'to teach, make known'.
• tta — ending · past participle passive
  Marks the word as a passive adjective describing something that has been caused/made; agrees in gender and number with its noun.

Analysis. su- (well, good) + paññatta (caused to know, made known), a past participle passive of paññāpeti (to make known, teach). The compound means 'made known well' or 'well expounded'.

Etymology. su- is cognate with Greek eu- (eulogy, euphonious), from the same Indo-European root meaning 'good, well'; paññā (wisdom, knowing) relates to Sanskrit prajñā and the root √jñā (to know), also found in English 'know' and German 'Kenntnis'. The passive formation -tta marks the object of the action.

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

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