dinnā

dinna

masc nom pl of dinna (pp); fem nom sg of dinna (pp); fem nom pl of dinna (pp); nt nom pl of dinna (pp); …

given; offered (to)
offering; gift (to); lit. what is given
paid; outlaid; expended; lit. given

Built from

d- — root · give
The root √dā (give, put, place) runs through Sanskrit dā-, Latin dare, Greek didōmi. Concrete image: extending the hand to transfer something.
-in- — stem · participial stem
Thematic vowel inserting before the past participle suffix, present in older forms; related to Sanskrit -i- in participial derivatives.
-na — ending · past participle
Marks the action as completed; nominative inflections (masculine -a, feminine -ā, neuter -aṃ) agreeing with the head noun in this passage.

Etymology. Past participle of dadāti (√dā "give"), cognate with Sanskrit dattá, Latin datus, English "date" (what is given/fixed in time), Greek δίδωμι didōmi. The root √dā is ancient Indo-European: Latin dare, English "dare" (to venture, originally to put/give oneself forward).

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

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