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vinibbhujeyya

vinibbhujati

opt 3rd sg of vinibbhujati (verb)

1. turns inside out; unrolls; unfolds; unfurls
2. discriminates

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Marks separation in different directions, or intensive clarity of discernment.
• ni — prefix · down, out
  Reinforces outward motion, adding the sense of emergence or descent.
• bbhuj — root · bend, fold
  From √bhuj; cognate with Sanskrit bhujati 'bends', related to English bow and German biegen. The root's concrete imagery of bending inward is reversed by the prefixes to mean unfolding outward.
• a — stem · present stem marker
  Forms the present-tense stem bhujati.
• yya — ending · optative 3rd singular
  The optative mood expresses wish or potentiality in 3rd person singular.

Analysis. vi- (apart, in different directions) + nibbhujati (from nib- 'out' + bhujati 'bends, folds'): 'unfolds by bending apart', 'opens out'; used in doctrinal contexts for discrimination and unfolding of meaning.

Etymology. vi- (apart, asunder) + ni- (down, out) + √bhuj (bend, fold): the prefix pair vi-ni- intensifies the sense of opening or separating; √bhuj cognate with Sanskrit bhujati, related to the family of 'bend' words (English bow, German biegen); the prefixes work together to express complete separation and outward motion.

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

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