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vadesi

vadeti

pr 2nd sg of vadeti (verb); aor 3rd sg of vadesi (verb); aor 2nd sg of vadesi (verb)

1. vadeti (pr): calls; describes (as)
2. vadeti (pr): makes sound; lit. cause to speak
3. vadesi (aor): said; stated; replied
4. vadeti (pr): says; speaks

Built from

• vad — root · speak, say
  The root denotes utterance and speech. Cognate with Latin vātes (seer), Sanskrit vadati; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂d- (speak).
• -i / -si — ending · aorist 2nd sg / 3rd sg
  The secondary ending -i marks 2nd sg aorist (optionally -si in Pali); -si can mark 3rd sg (imperfect or aorist). In context, vadesi is typically interpreted as 'he said' or 'you said'.

Etymology. √vad (speak, say) cognate with Latin vātes (prophet, seer) and Sanskrit vadati; the root's basic sense is 'to utter, produce sound.' The aorist stem vadesi- shows regular Pali ablaut from the present stem vadeti.

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

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