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dīghassa

dīgha

masc dat sg of dīgha (adj); nt dat sg of dīgha (adj); masc gen sg of dīgha (adj); nt gen sg of dīgha (adj); …

1. long (in space or time); tall; deep
2. (gram) long vowel; metrically more than one measure long
3. name of a daemon

Etymology. From PIE *dleǵh- 'to be long'; cognate with Latin longus, English long, Greek dolichós. The root shows the same extension in Germanic and Romance branches.

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

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