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alabhamāno

alabhamāna

masc nom sg of alabhamāna (prp)

1. not getting; not obtaining; not finding

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Privative negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist). Plain negation without the concrete imagery of other prefixes.
• labha — root · obtain, seize
  The root sense is physical grasping; extended to obtaining or acquiring. Cognate with Latin rapere 'seize', Greek lambánein 'take'.
• māna — ending · present participle
  Present active participle nominalization in -māna, here agreeing with masculine nominative singular subject. Forms agent nouns and descriptive participles from verbal roots.

Analysis. a- (not) + labhamāna (getting, obtaining); the present participle of labhati 'obtains' negated by the prefix a-.

Etymology. a- 'not' (privative prefix, cognate with Greek a(n)-, English un-) + √labh 'to seize, obtain' (cognate with Latin rapere 'seize', Greek lambánein 'take'; the root sense of grasping or taking hold becomes 'obtaining' in Pali).

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

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