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tacchati

pr 3rd sg of tacchati (verb)

1. does carpentry work; planes
2. smooths out
3. chops up; hacks apart (somebody with)
4. trims; chops; pares down; cuts off

Built from

• tac — root · cut, carve
  To shape or fashion by cutting, especially wood. Cognates: Sanskrit takṣati, Greek tektōn (carpenter), English technical via Greek tekhne.
• ati — ending · 3rd sg present
  Third person singular present indicative active voice of the thematic (-a) verb class.

Etymology. Root √tac- (to cut, carve, shape wood). Cognate with Sanskrit takṣati (carves, shapes), Greek tektōn (carpenter, builder), and English technical (from Greek tekhne, the art of making). The root preserves the Proto-Indo-European sense of fashioning or shaping material by cutting.

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

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