Pāli Dictionary

jalati

jalrootasuffixtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

jal1shine; blaze

Synonyms

jhāyati, pajjalati, jāleti

general

  • burns; blazes; is aflame

  • SN 44.9

    seyyathā'pi, vaccha, aggi saupādāno jalati, no anupādāno, evam'eva khv'āhaṃ, vaccha, saupādānassa upapattiṃ paññāpemi, no anupādānassā'ti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 4

jalaiti
  1. jala

    water

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

jaḷāiti
  1. jaḷājaḷa

    dull, slow-witted, stupid; (as a noun) a stupid person

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

jālāiti
  1. jālā

    a flame

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

jālaiti
  1. jāla

    a net; snare; entanglement (literal or figurative)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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