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duviññāpaye

duviññāpaya

masc acc pl of duviññāpaya (adj); nt acc pl of duviññāpaya (adj); masc loc sg of duviññāpaya (adj); nt loc sg of duviññāpaya (adj); …

1. difficult to be taught; hardly instructible; not educatable

Built from

• du- — prefix · bad, hard
  Prefix of negation or difficulty; cognate with Greek dys- (dysfunction, dystopia). Marks the following adjective as a negative quality or hardship.
• vi- — prefix · apart, clearly
  Intensive clarity prefix; marks distinct knowing. Works like Latin dis- (divide) and shows motion in different directions.
• ñāp — root · know, make known
  Root √ñā means to know; -āp- forms the causative stem (make known, cause to understand). Related to Sanskrit jñā and Greek gignōskō.
• -aya — ending · able, fit for
  Verbal adjective suffix; marks capability or suitability. Forms adjectives expressing potential or habit (e.g., -able in English).

Analysis. du- (bad, hard) + viññāpaya (instructable, from viññāpeti 'to teach, make known'). Lit. 'badly teachable' or 'hard to make known'.

Etymology. du- (bad, hard, gone wrong; cognate with Greek dys-) combined with the verbal adjective viññāpaya (from viññāpeti, itself vi- 'apart, clearly' + ñāpeti 'causes to know', from √ñā 'to know'). The prefix du- renders the quality negative or difficult, much as English 'mis-' or 'un-' intensifies hardship.

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

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