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vuddhehi

vuddha

masc instr pl of vuddha (pp); nt instr pl of vuddha (pp); masc abl pl of vuddha (pp); nt abl pl of vuddha (pp)

1. old; elderly; senior; (comm) grown up; lit. grown, increased
2. increased; developed; fulfilled (with)

Built from

• vudh — root · grow, increase
  The root √vudh carries the concrete image of physical enlargement. Sanskrit √vardh shows the same root in the verbal system, appearing also in compounds denoting growth and development.
• a — ending · past participle marker
  The -a suffix attaches to the strong-grade root to form the perfect passive participle, marking a state achieved through the action of growing: 'grown, increased'.

Etymology. Past participle of √vudh (Sanskrit √vardh), meaning 'to grow, increase'; cognates: Latin uirtus 'strength, virtue' (from the sense of growing), Sanskrit vardhate 'grows'. The root's concrete image of physical growth extends to the abstract sense of ripeness, maturity, and accumulated experience—hence 'old' as what has grown large through time.

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

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