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anuppatto

anuppatta

masc nom sg of anuppatta (pp)

1. reached; arrived (at); come (to)
2. attained; achieved
3. presented; delivered (to); lit. reached

Built from

• an — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation, but here integrated into the participial form to indicate the passive aspect of a condition reached or achieved.
• u — prefix · up, out
  Indicates upward and outward motion; English cognate "out", German "aus".
• p — root · fall, arise
  √pad or related to √pad; indicates the arising or coming-forth. Cognate with Sanskrit pad- and Latin pes (foot).
• atta — ending · past participle
  Marks the word as a past participle in Pali, indicating a completed action or resulting state (nominative singular masculine agrees with the subject).

Analysis. an- (not) + uppatta (arisen, reached): "not arisen yet" or "not having reached" in negative contexts, but more commonly the prefix an- marks the past participle itself as a state achieved; the form anuppatta emphasizes the condition of having reached or arrived.

Etymology. From anu- (along, following) + uppatta (past participle of uppajjati, "arises, springs up"). The root is √pad/√gam "go, reach"; uppajjati combines ud- (up, out) + pajjati. The prefix anu- (following along the track) combines with the sense of upward motion (ud-) to mean "following up to, arriving at, reaching". Related to Sanskrit anupāta and the Indo-European *ud- (out, up: English "out", German "aus").

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

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