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dajjā

dajja

masc nom pl of dajja (ptp); fem nom sg of dajja (ptp); fem nom pl of dajja (ptp); nt nom pl of dajja (ptp); …

1. dajjā (opt): would give; should give
2. dajja (ptp): should be given; should be offered; lit. to be offered

Built from

• da — root · give
  Core verb of gift-giving and generosity. Cognates: Sanskrit dā, Latin dare, English donate, Greek tithenai. The root carries the concrete sense of placing or putting something into someone's hands.
• jja — ending · optative; participle
  Verbal suffix marking either the optative mood (expressing wish or possibility: 'would give') or the future participle (expressing obligation: 'should be given'). The suffix formation descends from Indo-European *-yé- and *-tó-.

Etymology. √dā 'give' (Sanskrit dā, Latin dare, English donate); the optative and participle formations show the inherited Pali conjugation of this fundamental verb of donation central to dāna (generosity).

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

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