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sukaraṁ

sukara

accusative singular neuter of sukara (adjective)

1. easy
2. manageable
3. feasible

Built from

• su — prefix · well, good
  The prefix su- means 'well' or 'good'; it is cognate with Greek eu- (eulogy) and comes from the same Indo-European root meaning 'good'.
• kara — stem · making, doing
  From √kr̥ 'make, do', cognate with Latin creare and English create. The suffix -a is the neuter nominative stem-forming ending.
• m — ending · accusative singular neuter
  The ending -m marks accusative singular in the neuter gender, used here as the direct object in the sentence.

Analysis. su- (well, good, easy) + kara (making, doing) = 'easy to do'

Etymology. su- is cognate with Greek eu- (as in eulogy), from Indo-European *su- 'good'; kara is from √kr̥ 'make, do', cognate with Latin creare, English create. Together they form a transparent agent noun 'easy-making', hence 'easy'.

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

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