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sabbeva

sabba

pronoun; nominative/accusative plural masculine or neuter, or used adverbially with eva

1. sabba (pron): all; every
2. sabba (pron): everything; everyone; all
3. sabba (pron): whole; entire; complete
4. sabbe (pron): all; every; everything; everyone
5. sabbeva (sandhi): all just; one and all; everyone; everything

Built from

• sabba — root · all, whole
  Cognate with Sanskrit sarva-, Latin sollus, English sole. Carries the sense of totality and completeness from PIE *sol-.
• eva — ending · just, only
  Emphatic particle (indeclinable) that reinforces the preceding word and marks emotional or logical emphasis in the clause.

Analysis. sabbe (nom./acc. pl. of sabba 'all') + eva (emphatic particle 'just, only'), contracted in sandhi: 'all just, one and all'.

Etymology. sabba < PIE *sol- 'whole, entire' (Sanskrit sarva-, Latin sollus 'whole', English sole). The root conveyed totality and wholeness from its Indo-European origin.

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

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