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abhibhuyya
abhibhuyyati
imp 2nd sg of abhibhuyyati (verb)
- abhibhuyya (ger): conquering; vanquishing; overcoming; overpowering; mastering; lit. being higher
- abhibhuyyati (pr): is overcome; is overpowered; is vanquished; lit. is higher
Built from
- abhi- — prefix · toward, over
Concrete spatial imagery of bearing down on something, facing it with force. Cognates: Latin ob-, Greek ob-. In compound verbs, marks the sense of overwhelming or mastering.
- bhu — root · be, become, weigh
Root of bhavati (to be, become). Related to English be. Heavy sense (weight, substance) underlies the passive sense 'is high' or 'predominates'; in abhibhuyyati, the passive voice allows the sense of being overcome.
- -ya — ending · gerund formant
Gerund suffix forming the abstract action noun (instrument or means of the action); here it nominalizes the passive sense into 'overcoming, conquering' as the act itself.
Analysis. abhi- 'toward and over' + bhuyyati 'is overcome, is higher' — the gerund form abstracts the sense of overwhelming or mastering something by bearing down upon it.
Etymology. abhi- (toward, over; Latin ob-, Greek epi-) + root bhū 'to be, become, be heavy' (Sanskrit bhavati, English be). The prefix abhi- gives the sense of bearing down on something with force, turning the simple 'to be' into 'to overcome' or 'to be superior to'. In passive voice (abhibhuyyati), this yields the sense of being overcome or surpassed.