dibbehi

dibba

masc instr pl of dibba (adj); nt instr pl of dibba (adj); masc abl pl of dibba (adj); nt abl pl of dibba (adj)

divine; heavenly; celestial

Built from

dib — root · shine, sky
From √div, the root of diva 'day' and divasa 'daytime'. The concrete image of brightness and the sky became the basis for 'divine' and 'heavenly'.
ba — ending · adjective
Nominal suffix forming adjectives. Here -ba (from -va) creates the adjective 'of or pertaining to the sky/brightness'.
hi — ending · instrumental/ablative plural
The enclitic -hi marks instrumental or ablative plural, indicating 'by means of' (instr) or 'from/away from' (abl) multiple divine entities or things.

Etymology. From Sanskrit divya, ultimately from Indo-European *diu̯- 'sky, day, brightness'. The root √div 'shine' appears in Pali diva 'day' and divasa 'daytime'. Cognates include Latin deus 'god' (from the bright sky personified), English Tuesday (from Tiw, sky-god), and Greek Zeus. The semantic shift from 'bright, sky' to 'divine' reflects the ancient association of heaven with divinity.

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

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