Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

pa- +‎ sīdati (to subside)

Verb edit

pasīdati (root sad, first conjugation)


  1. to be serene, to be tranquil[1]
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)[1], page 82:
      කන‍්නු ඛ‍්වජ‍්ජ සමණං වා බ්‍රාහ‍්මණං වා පයිරුපාසෙය්‍යාම යන‍්නො පයිරුපාසතො චිත‍්තං පසීදෙය්‍යා!"ති
      kannu khvajja samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā payirupāseyyāma yanno payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyā!"ti
      Indeed now which ascetic or Brahmin should we visit today who, for us visiting him, will soothe the heart?
  2. to be content, to be satisfied, to be pleased, to be glad[1]
  3. to be favourable, to be gracious[1]
  4. to rejoice in, to take pleasure in[1]
  5. to have faith in, to believe, to be converted[1]

Conjugation edit

  • Present active participle: pasīdant, which see for forms and usage

Adjective edit

pasīdati

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 353.
  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of pasīdant, present active participle of the verb above