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pakāseti

pr 3rd sg of pakāseti (verb)

1. ascribes; tells about; makes known; lit. causes to shine forward
2. explains; illustrates; illuminates; reveals; teaches; lit. causes to shine forward
3. shines; radiates; lit. causes to shine forward
4. is visible; lit. causes to shine forward

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifies the root; shining forth or stepping out into visibility. Works like Latin pro- and Greek pro-.
• kāseti — stem · causes to shine, makes visible
  Causative present stem from √kāsa (to shine, appear). The root denotes the concrete image of light stepping forward.

Etymology. pa- (forward, forth) + √kāsa (shine, appear). The root kāsa (to shine, be visible) is cognate with Sanskrit kāśa- and Greek kaíō (to burn, shine). The prefix pa- gives the sense of shining forth or becoming visible — literally, causing brightness to step forward. Related to English case (in the sense of appearance, outer layer) through the same Indo-European root.

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

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