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anabhijjhālū

anabhijjhālu

masc nom pl of anabhijjhālu (adj); fem nom pl of anabhijjhālu (adj); nt nom pl of anabhijjhālu (adj); masc acc pl of anabhijjhālu (adj); …

1. anabhijjhālu (adj): not covetous; not avaricious; lit. not over thinking
2. anabhijjhālū (adj): not covetous; not avaricious; not greedy; lit. not over thinking

Built from

• an — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist).
• abhijjhā — stem · covetousness, greed
  From abhi- (toward, bearing down on) + √jha (think); concrete sense of mind turning toward and grasping at an object became greed or covetous desire.
• lu — ending · characterized by, full of
  Adjective-forming suffix that marks the nominative plural form across all three genders and masculine accusative plural in this context.

Analysis. an- (not) + abhijjhā (covetousness, greed) + -lu (adjective suffix meaning 'characterized by'). The word denies the quality of abhijjhā, 'coveting' or 'greed'.

Etymology. an- is the Pali negating prefix (Sanskrit a-, Greek a(n)-, English un-). abhijjhā derives from abhi- (toward, bearing down on) + √jha (think, consider), literally 'thinking toward' or 'over-thinking' — the concrete sense of mental grasping became greed. The suffix -lu forms adjectives meaning 'characterized by' or 'full of' (compare khīṇāslu 'exhausted', from khīṇa).

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

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