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avinīto

avinīta

masc nom sg of avinīta (pp)

1. untrained (in); uneducated (about); undisciplined (in)

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist, anonymous).
• nīta — stem · led, guided
  Past participle of nayati (leads, conducts). The concrete sense of leading someone along a path underlies the doctrinal meaning of training and moral guidance.

Etymology. a- (without) + nīta (led, guided), past participle of nayati (leads, conducts). The word expresses the absence of training or moral guidance. Sanskrit nayati and cognate Latin navis (ship, as that which is guided/steered) both stem from PIE *sneh₂- (to turn, guide); the concrete sense of 'leading along a path' becomes the abstract sense of 'training' or 'discipline'.

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

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