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kicchaṁ

kiccha

accusative singular neuter

  1. difficulty, hardship
  2. trouble, distress
  3. with difficulty (used adverbially)

Analysis. simple word; no productive compound or sandhi analysis required

Etymology. from √kṛch- (to be narrow, constrained); cognate with Sanskrit kṛchra-, Greek skhedo- (scarcely); related to English

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

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