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desetu

desetar

masc dat sg of desetar (noun); masc gen sg of desetar (noun); imp 3rd sg of deseti (verb)

1. desetar (masc): teacher; who preaches (something to)
2. deseti (pr): preaches; teaches; instructs; explains (something to); lit. causes to point out
3. deseti (pr): (vinaya) confesses; admits (to)
4. deseti (pr): (vinaya) appoints; allocates; designates (to); lit. causes to point out

Built from

• des — root · point, show
  Sanskrit diś-, meaning to point out or show. The root carries the concrete image of indicating direction or marking something visible.
• e — stem · causative stem
  The -aya- causative suffix (here reduced in the present stem to -e-) transforms "to show" into "to cause to show", hence "to teach" or "to explain".
• ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  Third person singular ending for present indicative (or imperative). Marks the verb as singular third person.

Etymology. √dis (to point, show) + causative suffix -aya-, giving *disayati > deseti. The root dis is cognate with Sanskrit diś- (to point, show direction) and distantly with English "dice" and "diction" (things that mark or point). The causative sense "causes to show" yields "teaches" and "explains".

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

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