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aparappaccayo

aparappaccaya

masc nom sg of aparappaccaya (adj)

1. independent of others; not relying on another (wrt)

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Privative prefix negating what follows.
• para — root · other, another
  From √pr̥, to go forth (different, other); appears in Sanskrit para-, Greek pera 'across'.
• ppa — prefix · forward, forth
  Assimilated form of pa- and pra-, both meaning forward/forth; cognate with pro- in Greek and Latin. Intensifies the sense of moving away.
• ccaya — stem · condition, requisite
  From √ci/√prac 'to gather, pile up'; a condition or requisite is what accumulates as a supporting factor. The -a- is the feminine/neuter stem vowel, and -ya is an agent/instrumental suffix.

Analysis. apa-ra-ppa-ccaya: apa (away, off) + ra (emphatic particle, weakened to -r- here) + ppa (assimilated from pra, forward) + ccaya (from √ci, to pile up, accumulate; here 'condition, requisite'). The compound negates dependence by stacking away-moving and forward-going prefixes before 'condition': literally 'having no forward condition from outside', i.e. self-sufficient, requiring nothing external.

Etymology. The root √prac- (√ci in Pali, to gather, accumulate) appears in paccaya (condition, requisite, fuel). The prefixes apa- (away, off; cognate with Greek apo-, Latin ab-, English off) and pa- (forward; cognate with Greek/Latin pro-) both point outward and ahead, linguistically enacting the removal of external dependency. The doubling (ppa-) and the emphatic -ra- intensify the negation.

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

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