dibbāni

dibba

nt nom pl of dibba (adj); nt acc pl of dibba (adj); nt voc pl of dibba (adj)

divine; heavenly; celestial

Built from

dib — root · shine, be bright
The root *deiw- survives in Sanskrit deva 'god' and Latin deus; divinity was imagined as luminosity. This is the concrete imagery behind the word: the divine as radiance.
ba — ending · adjectival suffix
Forms an adjective from the root; -a is the standard masculine/neuter singular nominative suffix, extended to all cases and numbers in the oblique stem dibba-.
ni — ending · neuter plural
The -āni ending marks neuter plural nominative, accusative, and vocative (pan-syncretic in Pali neuter plurals). Agrees with the neuter noun it modifies.

Etymology. From *deiw- 'to shine, be bright', the Indo-European root underlying Latin deus, English deity, and Sanskrit deva. The root captures the ancient sense of divinity as luminosity and brilliance; gods are those who shine. Related to Sanskrit divya and Latin divus.

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

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