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pāpimato

pāpimant

masc dat sg of pāpimant (adj); nt dat sg of pāpimant (adj); masc gen sg of pāpimant (adj); nt gen sg of pāpimant (adj); …

1. evil; wicked; malevolent; lit. having evil quality
2. evil; misfortune; calamity; lit. having evil quality
3. evil one; evil personified; epithet of Māra; lit. having evil quality

Built from

• pāp- — root · evil, sin
  Refers to wrongdoing, fault, or moral corruption. The root may relate to Sanskrit pāpa and the idea of falling or straying from the path.
• -imant — ending · having, possessing
  A possessive suffix meaning 'having' or 'characterized by'. Used to form adjectives denoting possession of a quality.
• -o — ending · masculine nominative or oblique marker
  The surface ending marking case and gender in this oblique form (dative or genitive).

Etymology. pāpimant is a possessive adjective formed from pāpa 'evil, sin' + the suffix -imant 'having, possessed of' (cognate with Sanskrit -imant). pāpa itself derives from the root √pā or √pas, related to Sanskrit pāpa; the root sense is 'to stumble, fall, or go wrong'. No secure Indo-European cognate is attested.

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

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