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nibbanti

nibbāti

pr 3rd pl of nibbāti (verb)

1. (of mental defilement) is completely quenched; is entirely emancipated; is completely cooled; lit. blows away
2. (of fire) is extinguished; goes out; lit. blows away

Built from

• nir — prefix · out, away from
  Negation and separation: things removed or expelled. Cognate with Sanskrit nis and English nether.
• vā — root · blow, fan
  The image of wind and fire blown out; cognate with Sanskrit vāti and Latin ventus 'wind'.
• -ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  The -ti ending marks third person singular present indicative; in the plural nibbanti, the stem takes the -nti plural ending instead.

Etymology. nis + √vā (blow). The prefix nis- means 'out of, away from' (cognate Sanskrit nis, English nether); √vā means 'blow' or 'fan' (cognate Sanskrit vāti, Latin ventus 'wind', English wind). Literally 'blows out'; applied to fire going out, and metaphorically to mental defilements being completely extinguished on the path to nirvana (nibbāna, the 'blown-out' state).

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

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