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tāḷenti

tāḷeti

pr 3rd pl of tāḷeti (verb)

1. beats; thrashes; flogs

Built from

• tāḷ — root · beat, strike
  From √tal/√tāḍ, denoting percussion or forceful impact. The sense of beating or striking through the body is common across Pali texts on discipline.
• e — stem · present stem
  Causative or intensive verbal stem formation, marking an active, transitive verb in present tense.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural present
  Third person plural present indicative ending, showing plural agents performing the action together in the here-and-now.

Etymology. From root √tal (Sanskrit √tāḍ), meaning to strike or beat. Cognate with Latin talus 'ankle-bone' (struck in walking) and English 'tall' (something that stands upright after being struck into the ground). The verb carries the concrete imagery of forceful percussion.

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

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