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sute

suta

masc acc pl of suta (pp); nt acc pl of suta (pp); masc loc sg of suta (pp); nt loc sg of suta (pp); …

1. suta (pp): heard
2. suta (pp): learned; lit. heard
3. suta (nt): what is heard; something heard; lit. heard
4. suta (nt): learning; knowledge; lit. heard
5. suta (masc): son
6. sutā (fem): daughter

Built from

• su — root · hear
  From PIE *srew-. The auditory sense is concrete: to perceive sound at a distance, hence to learn, to know. Cognates: Greek klýō, Latin credō.
• ta — ending · past participle
  The -ta suffix marks completed action or state. Here 'heard' or 'that which has been heard'; also admits passive sense 'born, brought forth' (whence 'son/daughter').

Etymology. Past participle of √śru (śrṇoti, 'hears'), from PIE *srew- (listen, discern). Cognates: Sanskrit śruta, Greek klýō (hear), Latin credō (believe, from *cre-dwē 'give one's ear to'), English shrew (keen-eared). The sense 'son/daughter' derives from 'one born' (passive semantics of -ta), hence 'offspring heard of' or simply 'brought forth'.

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

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