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ahorattamatanditaṁ

ahorattamataṇḍita

accusative singular masculine past participle; the surface form shows sandhi contraction (ahorattamataṇḍitaṁ = ahorattamataṇḍita + -ṁ)

1. sluggish through day and night
2. drowsy all the time
3. torpid from continuous lethargy

Built from

• aho — root · day
  Temporal marker; relates to Sanskrit aha, Old English "day" (cognate).
• ratta — stem · night
  From Sanskrit rātri, cognate with English "night" and German "Nacht"; marks the dark part of the 24-hour cycle.
• ma — prefix · greatly, intensely
  Intensifying prefix marking the depth of the state; not a negation but emphasis on extent.
• taṇḍita — stem · sluggish, dull
  Past participle of √taṇḍ (to be torpid, slothful); expresses the condition of lethargy affecting the subject throughout day and night.

Analysis. ahoratta (day and night) + mataṇḍita (sluggish, torpid); a compound expressing continuous torpor across day and night, modifying state of mind or body.

Etymology. aho (day) + ratta (night) + mataṇḍita (past participle of √taṇḍ, to be sluggish or dull). The prefix ma- intensifies or marks the state. Cognate with English "night" (ratta) and Sanskrit rātri.

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

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