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sabbehi

sabba

masc instr pl of sabba (pron); nt instr pl of sabba (pron); masc abl pl of sabba (pron); nt abl pl of sabba (pron)

  1. all; every
  2. everything; everyone; all
  3. whole; entire; complete

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *swerw-, meaning 'the whole' or 'everything together'. Related to Sanskrit sarva- (all, whole) and Latin totus (whole, entire) via different branches of the same root family. The root captures the sense of totality or completeness.

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

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