Pāli Dictionary

appa

via inflected form appe · accusative plural / locative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

appamatta, dahara, appamattaka, rassa, manda, oramattaka, parittaka, tanuya,

Antonyms

bahu

general

  • small; little; few; insignificant; trifling; (in compounds) very little, next to nothing

  • Snp 4.6

    appaṃ vata jīvitaṃ idaṃ, oraṃ vassasatā'pi miyyati, yo ce'pi aticca jīvati, atha kho so jarasā'pi miyyati.

  • Dhp 186

    na kahāpaṇavassena, titti kāmesu vijjati, appa-assādā dukhā kāmā, iti viññāya paṇḍito.

  • a little; a small amount; a trifle

  • SN 35.117

    ye'me pañca kāmaguṇā cetaso samphuṭṭhapubbā atītā niruddhā vipariṇatā, tatra me cittaṃ bahulaṃ gacchamānaṃ gaccheyya paccuppannesu vā appaṃ vā anāgatesu.

  • AN 4.62

    katamañ'ca, gahapati, ānaṇyasukhaṃ? idha, gahapati, kulaputto na kassaci kiñci dhāreti appaṃ vā bahuṃ vā.

appeti

apperoottisuffix

via inflected form appe · 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

ar1move; attain

Synonyms

āpajjati, phusati, pacceti, anupāpuṇāti, phuseti, adhigameti, sampāpuṇāti

general

  • leads; flows (into); reaches

  • Ud 5.5

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, yā ca loke savantiyo mahāsamuddaṃ appenti, yā ca antalikkhā dhārā papatanti, na tena mahāsamuddassa ūnattaṃ vā pūrattaṃ vā paññāyati

  • achieves; attains

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