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vaggā

vagga

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

1. vagga (adj): disunited; divisive; factious; dissentious; incomplete
2. vagga (masc): chapter; section
3. vagga (masc): group; party; faction
4. vagga (masc): (gram) (of consonants) set; group; class; series
5. vagga (masc): dissociation; separation
6. vagganta (prp): jumping; prancing; springing; bouncing; skipping

Built from

• vag — root · break, divide
  From Indo-European *bhreg-. The concrete image of breaking or splitting apart (wood, a group) underlies all derived meanings.
• a — ending · masc/nt nom sg
  Nominative singular thematic ending; -ā in the nom pl fem and nom sg fem reflects the thematic vowel o becoming ā in feminine forms.

Etymology. From √vaj (vag-) 'break, divide', cognate with Latin frangere 'break' and English break via the same Indo-European root *bhreg-. The suffix -a forms the nominal stem. The root's sense of separation or breaking naturally yields both the physical meaning 'section, division' and the social meaning 'faction, party'.

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

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