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vadeyyuṁ

vadati

3rd person plural optative (conditional) of vadati

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

Built from

• vad — root · speak, say
  To speak or utter words; also to talk one's way through or wade through verbally.
• e — stem · thematic vowel
  Links root to endings in the present system.
• yyu — ending · optative marker
  Forms the conditional stem; optative mood signals possibility, wish, or counterfactual condition.
• ṁ — ending · 3rd person plural
  Marks third person plural subject in optative; the -ṁ is an Anusvāra standing for the final nasal of this ending.

Etymology. Root √vad, "to speak" (English wade through speech, Latin vadari); cognate with Sanskrit vadati. The optative mood expresses possibility, wish, or condition in narrative or conditional clauses.

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

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