‹ Back to the text

akkhitto

akkhitta

masc nom sg of akkhitta (pp)

1. uncontested; undisputed (wrt); lit. not thrown
2. drawn away

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognate with Greek a(n)-, English un-.
• khitta — stem · thrown, hurled
  Past participle of khipati. Sanskrit kṣiptá- (thrown) from *skey- (scatter, throw). The spatial image of something hurled or flung underlies the legal sense 'accused' — a charge thrown at someone.

Etymology. a- (not) + khitta (past participle of khipati, 'throws, hurls'); the concrete image is of an accusation or challenge not thrown at someone, hence uncontested. Cognate with Sanskrit kṣiptá- (thrown), from PIE *skey- (to throw, scatter); English 'skid' shares the root metaphorically.

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

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