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dakkhiṇeyyā

dakkhiṇeyya

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

1. worthy of gifts; worthy of offerings
2. recipient; who is worthy of gifts

Built from

• dakkhiṇ- — stem · gift, offering
  From √dakṣ (be fit, able). Related to Skt. dakṣa (skilled, able), suggesting the concrete sense of 'that which fits or is suitable'.
• -eyya — ending · worthy of, fit for
  Adjectival suffix forming passives and fitness-words. It marks the nominative forms: -ā (fem sg), -ā (fem pl), -ā̆ (neut pl), -o (masc sg), and -ā (masc pl as here).

Etymology. Derived from dakkhiṇā (gift, offering, donation) + -eyya (suffix forming adjectives meaning 'worthy of', 'fit for'). Dakkhiṇā itself comes from √dakṣ (Skt. dakṣ-, 'to be fit, able'; related to the adjective dakṣa 'skilled'). The suffix -eyya works like Latin -arius or English -worthy, marking fitness or suitability for an action.

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

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