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sabbaphāliphullā

sabbaphāliphulla

masc nom pl of sabbaphāliphulla (adj); fem nom sg of sabbaphāliphulla (adj); fem nom pl of sabbaphāliphulla (adj); nt nom pl of sabbaphāliphulla (adj); …

1. in full flower; in full blossom

Built from

• sabba — root · all, entire
  From PIE *kwel- (to turn around); the sense of 'all' derives from completeness, as in English wheel (that which goes all the way round).
• phāli — stem · fruit-stalk, cluster
  Derived from √phal- (to bear fruit, to sprout); a concrete noun for the shoot or stalk that bears fruit.
• phulla — stem · blooming, flowering
  Passive participle of √phul- (to bloom), expressing the state of being in flower, used adjectivally to modify the compound.

Analysis. sabba (all) + phāli (fruit-stalk, shoot) + phulla (blooming, flowering; from √phul- to bloom). A compound meaning 'all fruits and flowers', used to describe trees or plants at the peak of fertility and display.

Etymology. phulla from √phul-, related to Sanskrit phulla (bloomed) and phulati (blooms); phāli from Sanskrit phālī (fruit-cluster, ear of grain), possibly related to √phal- (to bear fruit, to sprout), which connects to English pale (a stake, pale-wood) in the sense of a shoot or stem. sabba is from Proto-Indo-European *kwel- (to turn, move around), shared with English wheel and Latin qualis (of what kind).

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

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