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pāpikaṁ

pāpika

accusative singular neuter of pāpika (adjective)

1. evil
2. wicked
3. bad
4. harmful

Built from

• pāp- — root · evil, wickedness
  The root denotes what is morally or karmically bad; in Buddhist ethics, pāpa opposes kusala (skillful/wholesome action).
• -ika — ending · forming adjectives
  This suffix builds qualitative adjectives from nominal roots. The accusative singular neuter -ṁ ending marks the object case.

Analysis. pāp- (root of evil/wickedness) + -ika (adjectival suffix forming qualitative adjectives); cognate with Sanskrit pāpa "evil".

Etymology. From Indo-European *peh₂- "to harm, injure" (also in Latin pax negated contexts, but pāpa is distinctly evil/sinful in Pali). The suffix -ika marks quality or characteristic.

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

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