‹ Back to the text

abhijjamāne

abhijjamāna

masc acc pl of abhijjamāna (prp); nt acc pl of abhijjamāna (prp); masc loc sg of abhijjamāna (prp); nt loc sg of abhijjamāna (prp); …

1. not being broken; not breaking (the surface of water)

Built from

• abhi — prefix · toward, over
  Intensifies or directs the action; here, bearing down on the state of not breaking, suggesting resistance or imperviousness.
• jjamāna — stem · breaking
  Present participle stem from √bhañj (to break). The geminate jj results from assimilation or sandhi of the root-initial consonant.
• a — ending · not
  Negation prefix, making the participle mean "not breaking" rather than "breaking."

Analysis. abhi- (toward, over) + jjamāna (breaking). The prefix abhi- bears down on or intensifies the sense of not breaking, suggesting that which resists or remains unbroken despite pressure or impact.

Etymology. √bhañj (to break, shatter) with the negative prefix a- assimilated into abhi-. Cognate with English "break" and German "brechen"; the prefix abhi- (from Proto-Indo-European *obhi- "toward") appears in Latin ob- (observe, obtain). The sense is "turning aside from breaking" or "not yielding to breaking."

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version