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kicce

kicca

masc acc pl of kicca (ptp); nt acc pl of kicca (ptp); masc loc sg of kicca (ptp); nt loc sg of kicca (ptp); …

1. obligation; duty; work (for); lit. to be done
2. should be done; ought to be made (by); lit. to be done
3. function; lit. to be done
4. something to be done; lit. to be done
5. (gram) primary derivative; affix added to roots to form potential participles; e.g. -anīya, -tabba, etc.; lit. to be done
6. with obligations; having duties; with work; lit. to be done

Etymology. √kar > kir + tya; from √kar 'do, make'; Sanskrit kṛtya [kṛ]

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

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