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pāteti

pr 3rd sg of pāteti (verb)

1. chops off; lit. causes to fall
2. shoots; lit. causes to fall
3. causes to fall; makes drop
4. fells, throws off; lit. causes to fall

Etymology. pāte + ti; from √pat 'fall'; Sanskrit pātayati [pat]

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

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