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addasā
imperf 3rd sg of addasā (verb)
- saw
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- a- — prefix · augment
The past-tense marker used in the imperfect tense. In Vedic and Sanskrit, it marks remoteness in time or mood; in Pali imperfect forms it regularly signals completed or punctual action in past time.
- dda — root · see, perceive
From √das-, the Pali reflex of Indo-European *derk̑- (to see, look, perceive). Cognate with Sanskrit √dṛś- (to see), Greek δείκνυμι (deiknymi, to show), and Latin dūcō/dēlect- (to lead, which etymologically means *to show*).
- sā — ending · 3rd sg imperfect
The inflectional ending -sā marks third-person singular imperfect active in Pali. It is the regular past-tense morphology for verbs of the class to which dassati belongs.
Etymology. √das- (to see) related to Sanskrit √dṛś- (to see); Latin docēre (to teach, from the root sense of *showing*); Greek δείκνυμι (deiknymi, to show). The root √das- belongs to the Indo-European *derk̑- (to see, look). The prefix a- in addasā is the augment, marking past imperfective tense in Pali—a verbal inflectional element inherited from Sanskrit, not a semantic prefix.