pahassati 1.1 · pahassati 2.1
Pahassati [pa + has, perhaps pa + hr̥ṣ, Sanskrit har̥sati, cf. pahaṃsati 2 ] to laugh, be joyful or cheerful Snp 887 (= haṭṭha pahaṭṭha Nidd I 296; cf. Pj II 555 hāsajāta). The past participle pahasita (q.v.) is derived from present pahasati, which makes the equation pahassati = pahaṃsati 2 all the more likely.
(pr, pr, pass of pahasati) is amused; is cheerful Construction: pa + hassa + ti
(fut, fut of pajahati) will give up; will abandon; will let go (of) [lit.] will actively abandon Construction: pa + hassa + ti