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sabbe

sabba

masc nom pl of sabba (pron); nt nom pl of sabba (pron); masc acc pl of sabba (pron); nt acc pl of sabba (pron)

1. sabba (pron): all; every
2. sabba (pron): everything; everyone; all
3. sabba (pron): whole; entire; complete
4. sabbe (pron): all; every; everything; everyone

Etymology. From Indo-European *sol-wo- (whole, complete); cognate with Sanskrit sarva, English sole, Latin solus. The root sense is wholeness or undividedness, becoming in Pali the universal quantifier.

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

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