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tassāti
ta
indeclinable particle; contraction of tassā + iti
- ta (pron): that
- ta (letter): (gram) letter t; 24th letter of the alphabet; dental sibilant
- tassa (pron): to him; for him; to that; for that
- tassa (pron): of that; his; its
- tassa (pron): when he; when it; lit. of that
- tassa (ind): therefore; thus; so; because of that; regarding that; lit. of that
- tassā (pron): to her; for her; to that; for that
- tassā (pron): of her; hers; of that
Built from
- ta — root · that, it
Demonstrative pronoun; no Indic inflection varies the stem, but ta- is inflected as pronoun here. Related to Sanskrit tat, ultimately to Indo-European *to-, the root of English 'that' and 'the'.
- ssa — ending · ablative/locative singular
Marks the sense 'of that, from/in that'; tassā (fem. or locative form) is used before iti to mean 'on that basis, in that manner'.
- iti — ending · quotative; thus, so
Particle that closes reported speech or signals 'this is how it is said/understood'; here it frames tassā as an inferential marker: 'by that means, that is, namely'.
Analysis. tassā (ablative/locative of ta, 'of/from that') + iti (quotative particle 'thus, so'), contracted in sandhi: the final ā and initial i merge to ā.