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pavedeti

pr 3rd sg of pavedeti (verb)

1. teaches; makes known; declares; lit. caused to know

Built from

• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Forward direction; the knowing steps forth from the teacher to the learner.
• ved — root · know, see
  Cognate with English 'wit', Latin 'videre', Sanskrit 'vid-'. The root carries the sense of perception and understanding.
• e — stem · causative
  The infix marks the causative: not 'knows' but 'causes to know'.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg present
  Present indicative active: he/she/it teaches, in the here-and-now of the utterance.

Analysis. pa + vedeti (ved- 'know' + causative -eti). The prefix pa- adds the sense of 'forth' or 'out', so 'causes knowing to go forth', hence 'teaches' or 'makes known'.

Etymology. From pa- (forward, forth, out) + √vid (to know, see). The root √vid is cognate with English 'wit' (archaic for 'know'), Latin 'videre' (to see), and Sanskrit 'vid-'. The causative sense ('causes to know') is built into the -e- infix and -ti ending of the present stem.

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

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