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nijjiṇṇā

nijjiṇṇa

masc nom pl of nijjiṇṇa (pp); fem nom sg of nijjiṇṇa (pp); fem nom pl of nijjiṇṇa (pp); nt nom pl of nijjiṇṇa (pp); …

1. depleted; exhausted; worn out; worn away

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  The prefix ni- indicates downward or inward process, here intensifying the wear and exhaustion to completion.
• jṝ — root · wear away, age
  The root √jṝ means to wear down or become old; cognate with Sanskrit jīrṇa and English 'wear'.
• a — ending · past participle stem
  The stem-formant -a creates the past participle base nijjiṇṇa, which is then declined for case, number, and gender.

Etymology. ni- (down, into) + √jṝ (wear away, age, become old); literally 'worn down'. The root √jṝ appears in Sanskrit jīrṇa 'old, worn' and is cognate with English 'wear' and Latin 'terere' (wear down) through Indo-European *ghre-.

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

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