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musāvādo

musāvāda

masc nom sg of musāvāda (noun)

1. lying; false speech

Built from

• musā — root · falsehood, lie
  Possibly from √mus (to steal, conceal), suggesting the concealment or hidden nature of deceptive utterance. Exact etymology remains uncertain.
• vāda — stem · speech, doctrine
  From √vad (to speak). The noun denotes a uttered opinion or doctrine, here compounded to specify false speech as a category of wrong conduct.

Analysis. musā (falsehood) + vāda (speech, doctrine); compound denoting speech rooted in or characterized by falsehood.

Etymology. musā is of uncertain origin, possibly connected with √mus (to steal, conceal) in the sense of concealment or deception. vāda derives from √vad (to speak), cognate with Latin vādāre and English wade in the sense of utterance stepping forth.

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

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