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sukkā

sukka

masc nom pl of sukka (adj); fem nom sg of sukka (adj); fem nom pl of sukka (adj); nt nom pl of sukka (adj); …

1. sukka (adj): pure; bright
2. sukka (adj): good; positive
3. sukka (masc): star; planet Venus; lit. bright
4. sukka (nt): semen; sperm
5. sukka (nt): white
6. sukka (nt): virtue
7. sukkā (masc): name of a group of deities; lit. pure; bright
8. sukkā (fem): name of an arahant nun; lit. pure

Built from

• sukk — root · shine, glow
  From *sweuk-, conveying both visual brightness and ethical purity. The image is that of gleaming light or a bright celestial body, transferred to moral and metaphysical purity.
• a — ending · masc./nt. sg. stem
  Forms the masculine and neuter singular stem; in nom. pl. with final -ā (masc.) or zero ending (nt. pl.), marks declension of adjectives and nominals.

Etymology. From Indo-European *sweuk- 'to shine, glow' (cognate with Sanskrit śuc- 'to shine', and distantly with English 'swear' in the sense of gleaming light). The root conveys brightness and purity as optical and moral qualities, especially in Vedic and Pali cosmology where the bright (sukka) heavenly bodies are assigned to pure realms and virtuous beings. In the canon, 'bright' extends to denote the pure and good in ethical contexts.

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

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