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sabbaññū

masc nom sg of sabbaññū (adj); masc nom pl of sabbaññū (adj); nt nom pl of sabbaññū (adj); masc acc pl of sabbaññū (adj); …

1. omniscient; all knowing; with complete understanding; lit. knowing everything
2. omniscient one; who is all knowing; who understands everything; epithet of the Buddha; lit. knowing everything

Built from

• sabba — root · all, everything
  From Sanskrit sarva, Indo-European *sor-. The concrete sense 'complete, whole' became the generalized meaning 'everything, all-encompassing'.
• ññū — stem · knowing, cognizant
  Participial adjective from √ña 'to know' (Indo-European *gn-). The suffix -ū marks the adjective state; cognate with English know, Latin gnōscere, Sanskrit jña-.

Analysis. sabba (all, everything) + ññū (knowing, cognizant); compound of the adjective sabba and the participial adjective ññū derived from √ña (to know)

Etymology. sabba < Sanskrit sarva 'all, every', from Indo-European root *sor- (whole, entire); cognate with English sore (originally 'complete, whole') and Greek holos 'whole'. ññū < √ña 'to know', from Indo-European *gn- (to know), cognate with English know, Latin gnōscere, Sanskrit jñāta.

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

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