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appiyā

appiya

masc nom pl of appiya (adj); fem nom sg of appiya (adj); fem nom pl of appiya (adj); nt nom pl of appiya (adj); …

1. not dear (to); unloved (by); disliked (by)
2. enemy; foe; opposition; lit. unloved
3. unpleasant; disagreeable; offensive (to)

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist). Here it negates the quality of being dear or pleasing.
• ppiya — root · dear, beloved
  From *priya, cognate with Sanskrit priya, Old English 'frēo' (free), and Indo-European *per- (to grant, please). The spatial sense is 'what is granted or allotted to one', hence 'dear to me'.

Etymology. a- (not, without) + priya (dear, beloved). Priya is cognate with Sanskrit priya and the Indo-European root *per- (to grant, allot, please); cf. English 'free' and Greek 'peri' (attempt to win). The prefix a- negates the adjective root, literally 'not-dear'.

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

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