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anappakanti

anappaka

adjective; nominative singular masculine (or acc. sg. neut.) in -tti absolutive phrase

1. great; considerable; not insignificant

Built from

• an- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-, Sanskrit an-.
• appaka — stem · small, little, few
  Diminutive formation from appa; the root or base *ap- denotes smallness or paucity, though no secure Indo-European cognate is established.
• -ṁ — ending · neuter accusative singular
  Marks the neuter accusative singular case, here used in the nominalized phrase anappakaṁ iti.
• iti — ending · quotative particle, thus
  Particle that marks the preceding word or phrase as quoted or reified, converting the adjective into an adverbial manner-phrase.

Analysis. anappakaṁ (neuter acc. sg.) + iti (quotative particle 'thus'): a nominalized phrase used adverbially, 'in a not-small manner', hence greatly.

Etymology. an- (not) + appaka (small, few). Appaka is the diminutive of appa (small, little), itself from *ap- meaning 'little' or 'few'; no secure Indo-European cognate, but compare Latin paucus 'few' (uncertain link). The negation an- is the regular Pali negative prefix (cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-, Sanskrit an-).

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

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