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uppajjantiyadi

uppajjati

3rd person plural present indicative middle voice, contracted form uppajjantiyadi (uppajjanti + adi 'and so on')

1. arises
2. springs up
3. comes into being

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Conveys upward and outward motion, the emergence of something into manifestation. Cognate with English 'out' and German 'aus'.
• pajja — stem · becomes, arises
  Derived from √pad (to go, become). The stem carries the sense of coming into being or taking a particular state.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural present
  Marks third person plural present indicative middle voice; here plural because the subject (phenomena or sentient beings) are multiple.

Analysis. ud- (up, out) + pajjati (becomes, arises); the prefix ud- gives the sense of arising upward and coming forth into manifestation. The contraction joins uppajjanti (they arise) with adi (et cetera, and so on).

Etymology. ud- (up, out; cognate with English 'out', German 'aus') + pajjati from √pad (to go, become; cognate with Latin 'padere' and English 'path'). The concrete spatial sense—things springing up and emerging—applies throughout Buddhist philosophy to the arising of phenomena (dhammā) and mental states.

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

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