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vihato

viha

masc abl sg of viha (noun); masc abl pl of viha (noun); masc nom sg of vihata (pp)

1. viha (masc): sky; air
2. vihata (pp): killed; destroyed
3. vihata (pp): removed
4. vihata (pp): (of cotton) carded; fluffed; lit. struck apart
5. vihata (pp): beaten

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Spatial prefix meaning 'in different directions' or 'asunder'; often adds intensive clarity. Cognate with dvi 'two'; works like Latin dis- (divide).
• han — root · strike, kill
  Root meaning to strike or beat; implies forceful action. Cognate with Sanskrit hantṛ 'killer', Greek κτείνω (kteinō) 'kill', from Indo-European *gʰen-.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Past participle suffix -ta marks the completed action, here the result of striking apart: killed, destroyed, or removed.

Analysis. vi- + √han. The prefix vi- 'apart, asunder' combined with √han 'strike' yields the sense of striking or beating apart, hence destroying or removing.

Etymology. √han 'to strike, kill' is cognate with Sanskrit hantṛ 'killer', Greek κτείνω (kteinō) 'kill' (Indo-European *gʰen-). The prefix vi- 'apart, asunder' (related to dvi 'two', working like Latin dis-) transforms the root's concrete sense of striking into the abstract notion of splitting or destroying.

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

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