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ketabino

ketabī

masc nom pl of ketabī (adj); masc acc pl of ketabī (adj); masc dat sg of ketabī (adj); nt dat sg of ketabī (adj); …

1. treacherous; deceitful; fraudulent; dishonest; corrupt

Built from

• ket — root · deceive, betray
  The root expressing treachery and deception; related to Sanskrit kaṭh- and the Indo-European sense of twisting or perverting truth.
• abī — ending · agent, doer
  An adjective-forming suffix marking the one who habitually performs the action: a treacherous or deceitful person.

Etymology. From√kat (to deceive, betray) + -abī (agent suffix forming adjectives). The root kat- is cognate with Sanskrit कठ (kaṭh-) and possibly Greek κακός (kakós, bad), both rooted in the sense of being twisted or wrong. The suffix -abī marks one who habitually does the action of the root: a ketabī is one who tricks or deceives.

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

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