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abhabbo

abhabba

masc nom sg of abhabba (ptp)

1. unable (to); impossible (to); incapable (of); unlikely (to); lit. not to be
2. ineffective; inoperative; incapable of producing a result; lit. not to be
3. incompetent; incapable; lit. not to be

Etymology. na > a + √bhū > bhav > bhab + *ya; from √bhū 'be, become'; Sanskrit abhavya [bhū]

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

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