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bavhābādho

bavhābādha

masc nom sg of bavhābādha (adj)

1. frequently ill; sickly; lit. much sickness

Built from

• bah — root · much, many
  From IE *bʰeh₂ 'grow, increase'. Cognate with English be, become; Latin fīō. The concrete sense is abundance or proliferation.
• ābādha — stem · sickness, disease
  Compound of ā- (toward, affecting) and √badh (to oppress, press). The prefix shows the concrete sense of pressure or affliction pressing toward and into the body.

Analysis. Compound of bahū (much, many) + ābādha (sickness, disease); the first element bahū is shortened to bah- before a vowel. Literally 'much-sickness', applied to one who suffers frequent ailments.

Etymology. bahū is from Indo-European *bʰeh₂ (grow, increase), cognate with English be, become, Latin fīō (become), and Sanskrit bhavati (becomes). ābādha (sickness) is related to ā- (toward) + √badh (to oppress, press), with the spatial sense of something pressing down on or overwhelming the body.

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

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