‹ Back to the text

dassati

fut 3rd sg of dassati (verb); pr 3rd sg of dassati (verb)

1. will give (something to)
2. will cause; will; let; will allow (to happen); lit. will give (a chance)
3. hypothetical present tense of many nouns and verbs; in reality passati or dakkhati

Etymology. dassa + ti; from √dā 'give'; Sanskrit dāsyati [dā]

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version