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nirodhāya

nirodha

masc dat sg of nirodha (noun)

1. ending; cessation; termination; finishing (of); lit. blocking down

Built from

• nis — prefix · out of, away from
  Spatial prefix meaning away/out; no common European cognate. Contrast nibbāna (nis + vāna, the fire blown out): here, blocking/obstruction is removed.
• rodh — root · block, obstruct
  Root meaning to block or bar the way. Related to Sanskrit rudh-, English ruddy (blocked redness, congestion in the cheek), though the English connection is etymologically remote.
• a — ending · masc nom sg
  Masculine nominative singular abstract noun suffix forming nouns of action and state from verbal roots.

Etymology. nis- (out of, away from) + rodha (blocking, from √rudh

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

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