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alaso

alasa

masc nom sg of alasa (adj)

1. lazy; inactive; indolent; idle; lit. not active

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-. Here it negates the quality of eagerness or vigor.
• las — root · desire, be eager
  Related to Latin lassus 'weary' and the sense of vigorous movement. The root is concerned with effort and vitality; its negation yields laziness.
• a — ending · masculine nominative singular
  The suffix -a marks the masculine singular nominative of this adjective stem, the citation form.

Etymology. a- (not) + √las (to desire, be eager); literally 'without eagerness'. The root √las is cognate with Latin lassus 'weary' and English lash (to move vigorously); the privative a- negates the sense of active motion or striving. The word's core image is the absence of the energy to move or act.

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

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