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pacchime

pacchima

masc acc pl of pacchima (adj); nt acc pl of pacchima (adj); masc loc sg of pacchima (adj); nt loc sg of pacchima (adj); …

1. what was said after; what was stated subsequently; lit. last
2. west; western; lit. last; behind
3. hindmost; back; lit. last
4. least; smallest; minimum; lit. last
5. later; future; lit. last
6. last; final
7. lowest; bottom
8. last person; man behind

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifying prefix marking what stands out or comes forth. Works as Latin pro-.
• chima — stem · cut; follow
  Related to √chid 'to cut, divide'. The stem shows a nominal derivative with -ma, semantically 'what cuts' or 'what divides time into before and after'.

Etymology. From pa- (forward, forth) + root √chid (cut), literally 'what cuts forward / comes after'; the sense develops from 'that which follows' to 'last' and 'western' (the direction the sun moves). Related to Sanskrit paścima and Greek pészō (to pass, go forth). The prefix pa- here carries its intensifying force on the root's sense of separation or division.

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

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