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tacchatīti

tacchati

3rd person singular present indicative; surface form tacchatīti is tacchati + iti (quotation marker)

1. tacchati (pr): does carpentry work; planes
2. tacchati (pr): smooths out
3. tacchati (pr): chops up; hacks apart (somebody with)
4. tacchati (pr): trims; chops; pares down; cuts off
5. tacchanta (prp): doing carpentry work

Built from

• tacch — root · strike, plane, cut
  The root √tac (class 1 thematic) expresses the carpenter's action of striking with a tool, planing or chopping. It appears in Sanskrit tacchati and is related to Greek tassō 'arrange' and English thatch, all from an old sense of striking or laying material into place.
• a — ending · 3rd sg. present
  The thematic vowel a + ti ending marks 3rd person singular present indicative in Pali class 1 verbs, showing the action as habitual or characteristic.
• iti — prefix · thus, (quotation marker)
  The particle iti marks the end of reported speech or introduces a saying; here it follows tacchati to frame it as a quoted or noteworthy statement.

Analysis. tacchati + iti: the verb tacchati (3rd sg. pres.) followed by the particle iti, which marks reported speech or a quoted statement; literally 'he/she/it planes—thus', used to introduce or frame a saying.

Etymology. The root √tac means to strike, cut, or plane (as in woodwork); cognate with Sanskrit tacchati (carpenter's work), Greek tassō 'arrange, put in order' (from sense of striking/placing into line), and English thatch (from root sense of striking/laying out material). The sense moves from the concrete action of the carpenter's chisel striking wood to the abstract notion of arranging or ordering.

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

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