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sukhassa

sukha

masc dat sg of sukha (adj); nt dat sg of sukha (adj); masc gen sg of sukha (adj); nt gen sg of sukha (adj); …

1. easy (on); comfortable (for); pleasant (for); good (for); contented
2. ease; comfort; happiness; pleasure; contentment
3. (of water) tepid
4. (of weather) fine; mild; pleasant
5. happy

Built from

• su — prefix · well, good
  The prefix su- carries the sense of fitness and ease. Cognate with Greek εὖ (eu-) in eulogy; from PIE *su- 'good'. Here it colours kha toward the sense of comfortable ease.
• kha — root · space, cavity
  An archaic word meaning space or aperture (related to Sanskrit kha, as in ākāsa 'space'). The image is of room to move, openness, or unobstructed ease — the opposite of crowding or constraint.

Etymology. From su- 'well, good' (cognate with Greek εὖ eu-, from PIE *su- 'good') + kha, an old word for space or cavity (related to Sanskrit kha, seen also in ākāsa 'space'). The literal sense is 'good space' or 'well-placed', hence ease and comfort as the opposite of constraint.

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

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