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dinnādāyī

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

1. accepting what is offered; taking what is given

Built from

• dinná — root · given
  Past participle of √dā (give); the concrete action of handing over or bestowing.
• ā — prefix · toward (the subject)
  Reverses motion: makes dā (give away) into receiving by directing the action toward the agent.
• dāyī — stem · taking, one who takes
  Agent noun from √dā; -ī is a participial masculine ending denoting habitual or characteristic action.

Analysis. di-nna-ā-dāyī: a past participle (dinña, given, from dā give) compounded with ā-√dā (take toward oneself), making one who takes up what has been given; in the Vinaya, a technical term for one who receives alms or offerings.

Etymology. From dā (give, cognate with Latin dare, English dare in the sense of venturing to give) + ā-dāyī (taking, from ā- toward + √dā), literally one who takes toward himself what is given; the prefix ā- reverses the motion of dā, turning giving into receiving.

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

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