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tibbo

tibba

masc nom sg of tibba (pp)

1. sharp; piercing; acute
2. intense; keen; acute; lit. sharp
3. dense; thick; dark

Built from

• tibh — root · sharpen, pierce
  The root carries the image of a point driven forward or made keen. Cognate with Sanskrit tībh-.
• a — ending · past participle marker
  The -a ending marks the past participle in the masculine nominative singular, forming adjectives from verbal roots.

Etymology. From √tibh "to sharpen, pierce", related to Sanskrit tībh- and ultimately to Indo-European *dheubh- "to push, drive"; the concrete image of sharpness (a point driven forward) underlies the abstract senses of intensity and acuteness.

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

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