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uppādetā
uppādetar
masc nom sg of uppādetar (noun); masc voc sg of uppādetar (noun); masc instr sg of uppādenta (prp); nt instr sg of uppādenta (prp); …
- uppādetar (masc): generator; producer; who gives rise (to); lit. who causes to go up
- uppādenta (prp): producing; generating; causing; giving rise to; lit. causing to go up
Built from
- ud — prefix · up, out
Directional prefix meaning upward and outward motion. Cognates: English 'out', German 'aus'.
- pad — root · step, go, fall
Root of motion and placement; related to Sanskrit pad-, Latin ped- (foot), English 'pad', 'path'. The sense ranges from physical stepping to arising or coming into being.
- e — stem · causative marker
Vowel shift indicating causative formation: uppādeti 'causes to go up', from which the agent noun derives.
- tar — ending · agent noun
Masculine agent noun suffix (-tar/-tṛ) denoting the one who performs the action. Marks the subject as the active doer of the verbal action.
Etymology. ud- (up, out) + √pad (go, step) + -etar (agent suffix); literally 'one who causes to go up', from the verb uppādeti. Cognate with English 'upstart' in the sense of rising or emerging.