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akasiralābhī

masc nom sg of akasiralābhī (adj); masc nom pl of akasiralābhī (adj); fem nom sg of akasiralābhī (adj); nt nom pl of akasiralābhī (adj); …

1. who gains without trouble; obtaining without difficulty; (comm) who gains abundantly

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• kasira — root · hard, difficult
  Related to Sanskrit kaśira (hard, difficult). The concrete sense is labour or resistance; kasira denotes what requires effort.
• lābhī — stem · one who obtains
  Derived from √labh- (to take, obtain); -ī is the masculine agent suffix. The stem lābhī 'obtainer' compounds with kasira to form the adjective.

Analysis. a- (not) + kasira (hard, difficult) + lābhī (one who obtains); lit. 'not-difficult-obtainer', one for whom gain comes easily.

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

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