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assu

assa

opt 3rd pl of assa (verb); nt nom sg of assu (noun); nt voc sg of assu (noun); aor 2nd sg of assosi (verb)

1. assa (opt): may be; could be; should be; would be; could become
2. assu (nt): tears
3. assu (ind): (emphatic particle)
4. assu (opt): they should be; they may be; they would be; may they be
5. assu (aor): aor. 2nd pers. sing. of suṇāti
6. assosi (aor): heard

Etymology. assu (tears) from √as- 'to be'; cognate with Sanskrit asru, Greek dakru (from earlier *daksu-), Latin lacrima, English tear. The root is ancient and appears across Indo-European languages. The optative forms derive from the athematic present assa, from √bhū- 'to be', with the optative ending -u.

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

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