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tīre

tīra

nt acc pl of tīra (noun); nt loc sg of tīra (noun); reflx imp 1st sg of tīreti (verb); opt 3rd sg of tīreti (verb); …

1. tīra (nt): shore; riverbank; beach
2. tīreti (pr): settles; concludes; completes
3. tīreti (pr): investigates; examines; scrutinizes (something as)

Built from

• tīr — root · cross, traverse
  From Indo-European √ter-. Sanskrit tarati 'crosses', Latin trāns 'across' (transport, transition), English through. Concrete sense: moving from one side to the other.
• a — ending · neuter noun
  Nominalizing suffix; makes an action-noun. Here it yields the place associated with crossing.
• eti — ending · 3rd sg present
  Thematic present ending; indicates habitual or simple present action in 3rd person singular.

Etymology. √tṛ 'cross, go across' (Sanskrit tarati, Latin trāns 'across', English through). The noun tīra 'shore' is the place where crossing happens or where one stands after crossing; the verb tīreti 'to settle, complete' carries the sense of bringing something across or through to its end.

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

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