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passāmi
passati
pr 1st sg of passati (verb); imp 1st sg of passati (verb)
- sees
- understands; gets; lit. sees
- finds; encounters; meets with; lit. sees
- looks at; observes; examines; inspects; lit. sees
Built from
- pass- — root · see, perceive
The root √pas- carries the concrete imagery of the eye's opening onto the visible world. Cognate with Latin patēre (be open, visible, manifest) and Sanskrit paśyati (sees), from PIE *pek̑-.
- -a — ending · thematic vowel
The thematic -a- marks this as a class I (active) verb stem, distinguishing it from athematic formations.
- -mi — ending · 1st singular present
The ending -mi marks first-person singular present indicative in active voice, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-mi.
Etymology. Root √pas- (see, perceive) is cognate with Latin patēre (be open, be visible) and Sanskrit paśyati (sees), from the Proto-Indo-European root *pek̑- (to see, observe). The sense moves from the concrete act of seeing to understanding, typical of perception verbs across Indo-European languages.