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saheyya

sahati

opt 3rd sg of sahati (verb)

1. overpowers; overcomes; conquers; defeats
2. bears; takes; endures
3. is able; is possible (to); can

Built from

• sa — root · bear, overcome
  From PIE *seǵh-. Concrete image: bearing weight, standing firm against pressure; hence enduring, mastering, conquering.
• he — ending · optative 3rd sg
  Pali optative mood marker -e (sometimes -eyya in full form); expresses wish, permission, or potential. Here it softens the assertion into possibility or permission: "may overcome", "can endure".

Etymology. Root √sah, "to bear, endure, overcome"; cognate with Sanskrit sáhate and Indo-European *seǵh- (English "sake", German "Sache" thing, originally what one bears or owns). The sense moves from concrete bearing (bearing weight, bearing up) to mastering and conquering.

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

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