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nisīda

nisīdati

imp 2nd sg of nisīdati (verb); masc voc sg of nisīdanta (prp); nt voc sg of nisīdanta (prp); reflx aor 1st sg of nisīdi (verb)

1. nisīdati (pr): sits (on); sits down (in)
2. nisīdanta (prp): sitting down (on)
3. nisīdi (aor): sat (on); sat down (in)
4. nisīdi (aor): sank emotionally; became disheartened; lit. sank down
5. nisīdati (pr): sits down (on)

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Marks motion downward and inward; spatial imagery of descent that becomes the concrete sense of sitting down into a location.
• sid — root · sit
  From *sed- (Indo-European), cognate with English sit, German sitzen, Latin sedēre. Core meaning: to be seated, to occupy a position.
• a — ending · present stem
  Forms the present-tense stem; -ti is the 3rd person singular ending in the present indicative.

Etymology. ni- (down, into) + √sad (sit). Cognates: English sit, German sitzen, Latin sedēre. The prefix ni- embodies downward motion; √sad is the common Indic root for sitting, cognate with the same Indo-European root *sed- that yields English 'sit' and Latin 'sedēre'. The compound emphasizes settling down into a place.

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

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