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pipāsāya

pipāsa

fem instr sg of pipāsa (adj); masc dat sg of pipāsa (adj); fem dat sg of pipāsa (adj); nt dat sg of pipāsa (adj); …

1. pipāsa (adj): thirsty; with thirst; lit. related to thirst
2. pipāsā (fem): thirst (for)
3. pipāsa (masc): drunkard; alcoholic; lit. desiring to drink

Built from

• pi — root · drink
  Present in pīyati (drinks). Cognate: Latin bibō, Greek pínomai, English beverage. The root carries the concrete image of liquid intake.
• pāsa — ending · state, condition
  A nominal suffix forming abstract qualities and agent nouns. Here it constructs the abstract state of thirst from the root of drinking.

Etymology. From pi- (variant of pī-, √to drink) + pāsa. The root pī is cognate with Latin bibō (drink), Greek pínomai (drink), and English beverage. The suffix -pāsa may derive from an abstract noun formation. The word literally captures the state of thirst as an active condition of thirsting.

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

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