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alattha

aor 3rd sg of alattha (verb); aor 2nd sg of alattha (verb)

1. got; obtained
2. you got (to)
3. having not got; having not obtained

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Privative prefix negating the action. Plain negation without further inflection.
• lattha — root · got, obtained
  From √labh 'to seize, take, get', appearing here in aorist or past participle form. Cognate with Latin labere (to slip) and English labile; reflects PIE √lebh-.

Analysis. a- (not) + lattha (past participle of labhati, 'to get'); or aor. 3rd sg. of alattha itself (variant of alabh-, √labh 'seize'). The form reflects both a negated perfect and a simple past tense.

Etymology. From √labh 'to seize, take, get', cognate with Latin labere 'to slip', English labile; the prefix a- negates when the stem is treated as a participle (a-lattha 'not-got'). The root is proto-Indo-European √lebh- 'to peel, strip, seize'.

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

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