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gaddhabādhipubbassa

gaddhabādhipubba

masc dat sg of gaddhabādhipubba (adj); nt dat sg of gaddhabādhipubba (adj); masc gen sg of gaddhabādhipubba (adj); nt gen sg of gaddhabādhipubba (adj)

1. who was previously a vulture catcher

Built from

• gaddha — root · vulture
  Pali word for vulture; etymology uncertain, possibly onomatopoetic.
• bādh — root · catch, bind
  From √bādh (to bind, catch, oppress); cognate with Sanskrit bādhate and English bind, Latin fidus.
• i — ending · agent
  Suffix forming agent nouns from verbal roots (bādhati → bādhi, one who catches).
• pubba — stem · former, previous
  From Sanskrit pūrva (former, prior); cognate with Latin prior and English former, reflecting the spatial sense of 'before' in time.

Analysis. gaddha-bādhi-pubba: gaddha (vulture) + bādhi (catcher, from bādhati to catch/bind) + pubba (former, previous). A past participle compound marking one's former occupation.

Etymology. gaddha is of unknown origin; bādhati (to catch, bind, oppress) is cognate with Sanskrit bādhate and likely to English bind and Latin fidus (bound by oath); pubba (former) is from pūrva, cognate with Latin prior and English former, and reflects the spatial sense of 'before' in time.

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

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