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parimasati

pr 3rd sg of parimasati (verb)

1. touches; strokes; rubs

Built from

• pari- — prefix · around, thoroughly
  Indicates motion or contact going all the way round something, conveying completeness and thoroughness, as in circumambulation or comprehensive understanding.
• mas — root · touch, handle
  Sanskrit mṛś-; cognate with the Indo-European root *mer- 'to rub, grind'. The concrete imagery is tactile contact, pressing or rubbing against something.
• -ti — ending · 3rd sg. present
  The thematic third-person singular present-tense marker, marking the action as currently happening to a single third-person subject.

Etymology. pari- (around, all the way round) + √mas (to touch, handle). The prefix pari- suggests comprehensive or thorough contact, as in pariññā 'full understanding'; √mas is cognate with Sanskrit mṛś- 'to touch, feel', from the Indo-European root *mer- 'to rub, grind', which also yields English 'merge' (originally 'dip into'). The sense develops from rubbing or handling something completely around.

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

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