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akicchalābhī

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

1. who gains without trouble; obtaining without difficulty

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation; Greek a(n)-, English un-.
• kiccha — root · trouble, difficulty
  Refers to hardship, constraint, or impediment in the way of action.
• lābhī — stem · obtaining, gaining
  Agent noun from √labh- (to take, gain); one who obtains or secures something.

Analysis. a-kicchalābhī: a- (not) + kicchalābhī (with trouble, from kiccha "trouble, difficulty" + lābhī "obtaining"); one who obtains without trouble or impediment.

Etymology. Compound of a- (not) + kiccha (trouble, difficulty) + lābhī (obtaining). The root lābh- (to take, gain) appears in Latin laborāre (to work, whence labour), reflecting the shared Indo-European sense of exertion; kiccha is of uncertain origin but means hardship or constraint.

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

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