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aniṭṭhehi

aniṭṭha

masc instr pl of aniṭṭha (pp); nt instr pl of aniṭṭha (pp); masc abl pl of aniṭṭha (pp); nt abl pl of aniṭṭha (pp)

1. unpleasant; dislikeable; disagreeable; lit. not wished for

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• an- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation of what follows. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)- as in atheist.
• iṭṭha — stem · wished for, desired
  Past participle of √iṭh (to wish, desire), cognate with Sanskrit iṣṭa. The concrete sense of 'what one has chosen or liked' becomes the abstract 'pleasing'.

Etymology. Negated past participle of iṭṭhati (to wish, desire). The an- prefix negates iṭṭha, the past participle of √iṭh, cognate with Sanskrit iṣṭa (wished for, desired, pleasing). The sense of negation expands from 'not wished' to 'unwelcome, disagreeable'.

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

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