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uppannānaṁ

uppanna

past participle, genitive plural masculine of uppajjati (3rd person singular present: 'arises')

1. arisen
2. originated
3. come into being

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Prefix of emergence and upward motion; the concrete image of springing or rising up.
• paj — root · arise, happen
  Root √pad expresses the process of arising or coming into being.
• jati — stem · becoming
  The verbal root in the middle voice stem, expressing the middle voice sense 'comes into being, arises'.
• na — ending · past participle masculine
  Forms an adjective or participle marking the state of having arisen; stative sense.
• ānaṁ — ending · genitive plural
  Genitive plural ending indicating possession, relation, or ablative sense; marks the plural of things that have arisen.

Analysis. ud- (up, out) + pajjati (arise), literally 'sprung up'; -ānaṁ is the genitive plural ending marking possession or relation.

Etymology. From ud- (up, out; cognate with English 'out', German 'aus') + √pad (to fall, go, arise; related to Sanskrit padyate). The prefix ud- turns the simple idea of arising into emergence, springing forth.

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

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