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vadeyyaṁ

vadati

1st person singular optative (conditional) of vadati

1. would speak
2. might say
3. would declare

Built from

• vad — root · speak, say
  PIE *we-dh- 'to speak'; cognates: Sanskrit vadati, Latin fatēri 'confess', English 'word' (from root with metathesis).
• e — stem · thematic vowel
  Marks this as a thematic (a-stem) verb in the present system.
• yya — ending · optative marker
  The optative suffix expressing possibility, wish, or condition; 1st person singular -m follows.
• m — ending · 1st person singular
  Nominative/accusative ending marking the agent; the optative mood here conveys conditional or potential action.

Analysis. Simple root verb in optative mood; no compound or contraction.

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

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