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sukhino
sukhī
masc nom pl of sukhī (adj); masc acc pl of sukhī (adj); masc dat sg of sukhī (adj); nt dat sg of sukhī (adj); …
- at ease; happy; comfortable
- happy one; who is at ease; who is happy; who is comfortable
Built from
- su- — prefix · well, good
Indo-European *su-, the same root as Greek eu- (eulogy). Intensifies the sense of ease and comfort that follows.
- kh — root · empty, open space
Underlying sukha, from PIE *keuə- 'hollow, empty', cognate with English hollow and German hohl. The concrete image is an open, unobstructed space—hence ease of movement.
- -a — ending · neuter singular nominative
Forms the nominal stem sukha. In sukhī this stem is inflected as a feminine-masculine adjective.
- -ī — ending · feminine/masculine adjective marker
Derives the adjective sukhī 'one who is at ease' from the noun sukha. Marks feminine singular and serves as a stem for masculine plural agreement.
- -no — ending · nominative plural (masc)
The masculine nominative plural ending -no attaches to the stem sukhī, producing the form sukhino 'those at ease'.
Etymology. su- 'well' (< PIE *su-, related to Sanskrit su-, Greek eu-, as in eulogy) + kha- 'empty space, opening' (< PIE *keuə- 'hollow', cognate with English hollow, German hohl). sukha 'ease, comfort' originally meant 'having good/easy access' (like well-turning axle in a wheel); the root appears in Sanskrit sukha and Greek eu-kheros 'having easy access'. The negation du-kha 'difficulty' preserves the opposite spatial sense.