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upapajjantīti
upapajjati
3rd person plural present indicative + quotative particle iti
- upapajjati (pr): is reborn; re-arises (in); lit. goes towards
- upapajjati (pr): appears; arises; lit. goes towards
- upapajjati (pr): is suitable; is acceptable; is admissible; lit. goes towards
- upapajjanta (prp): being reborn; re-arising (in); lit. going towards
Built from
- upa — prefix · toward, alongside, up close to
Spatial prefix suggesting approach and drawing near; here the sense of entering into or taking up a new condition. Related to Greek hypo-, Latin sub-, English up.
- paj — root · go, enter, be suitable
Root meaning motion, entering, or fitting into. The sense 'is suitable' derives from 'goes into/fits with'. Cognate with Latin patere 'to lie open, be suited'.
- a — ending · 3rd singular present
Primary ending marking present tense, 3rd person singular active (here absorbed into the participle form).
- nti — ending · 3rd plural present
Primary ending marking present tense, 3rd person plural active; marks the participle as plural.
- ī — ending · feminine nominative singular
Feminine nominative ending on the present participle, treating the verbal action as a grammatical feminine noun.
- iti — prefix · thus, so
Quotative particle marking reported speech or a nominalized statement; 'in the manner that' or simply quotation marker, here binding the participle clause into a noun phrase.
Analysis. upapajjantī (3rd pl. pres. participle feminine, agreeing with an understood subject or nominalized action) + iti (quotative particle 'thus', 'so'), forming a quotation or reported statement: 'they arise thus' or as a noun phrase, 'the arising'
Etymology. upa- (up close to, alongside, approach: here suggesting entering into a new state of being) + √paj (go, enter; cognate with Latin patere 'lie open', Sanskrit paj-). The compound suggests motion into or approach to a new birth or state; upa- adds the sense of entering into or taking up close to oneself a new existence.