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mudubhūte

mudubhūta

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

1. pliable; supple; malleable; lit. become soft

Built from

• mudu — root · soft, tender
  Related to Sanskrit mṛdu; from PIE *mer- 'to crumble'. The concrete image is of something worn down or softened by time.
• bhū — root · become, be made
  From PIE *bhew- 'to be, grow, become'. Cognate with English be, Latin fui, German bin.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Forms adjectives from verb stems; here marks the quality as an achieved or resulting state. The full form bhūta conveys 'having become, made to be'.

Analysis. mudu (soft, tender) + bhūta (become, been made) — lit. 'become soft', hence supple or malleable in quality.

Etymology. mudu relates to Sanskrit mṛdu 'soft', from PIE *mer- 'to wither, crumble' (English morrow, German morgen, also murrain). bhūta is the past participle of bhavati 'to become', from PIE *bhew- 'to be, grow' (English be, be-ing; Latin fui; German bin).

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

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