Pāli Dictionary

jiyā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

ji1ජයගන්නවා

general

  • දුනු දිගය

  • a bowstring

  • MN 63

    so evaṃ vadeyya, na tāv'āhaṃ imaṃ sallaṃ āharissāmi yāva na taṃ jiyaṃ jānāmi yāy'amhi viddho, yadi vā akkassa yadi vā saṇhassa yadi vā nhārussa yadi vā maruvāya yadi vā khīrapaṇṇino'ti.

  • DN 23

    ty'āhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi, tena hi, bho, imaṃ purisaṃ jīvantaṃ'y'eva tulāya tuletvā jiyāya anassāsakaṃ māretvā puna'd'eva tulāya tulethā'ti.

ji

jirootisuffix

via inflected form jiyā · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ji1ජයගන්නවා

general

  • දිනූ; ජයගත්; යටත් කරගත්

  • winning; victorious; conquering

  • Dhp 103

    yo sahassaṃ sahassena, saṅgāme mānuse jine, ekañ'ca jeyya'm'attānaṃ, sa ve saṅgāmaji-uttamo, attā have jitaṃ seyyo, yā c'āyaṃ itarā pajā.

jīyati

approximate

jirootyasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form jīya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

jī3වයස; ක්ෂය වීම

Synonyms

hāyati, jīrati, vijahati

general

  • අඩු වේ; හීන වේ; නැති වී ‍යයි

  • diminishes; decreases; gets less; is lost

  • Ja 528

    tasmā n'ābhikkhaṇaṃ gacche, na ca gacche cirāciraṃ, kālena yācaṃ yāceyya, evaṃ mittā na jīyare.

  • මහළු වේ; ජරාවට පත් වේ

  • grows old; gets old; ages

  • MN 140

    tañ'hi'ssa, bhikkhu, n'atthi yena jāyetha, ajāyamāno kiṃ jīyissati, ajīyamāno kiṃ mīyissati, amīyamāno kiṃ kuppissati, akuppamāno kissa pihessati?

  • AN 4.45

    yattha nu kho, bhante, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, sakkā nu kho so, bhante, gamanena lokassa anto ñātuṃ vā daṭṭhuṃ vā pāpuṇituṃ vā'ti?

  • පරාජය වේ; අහිමි වේ

  • is defeated; is conquered; suffers loss (in)

  • Snp 4.15

    sabbaso nāmarūpasmiṃ, yassa n'atthi mamāyitaṃ, asatā ca na socati, sa ve loke na jīyati.

  • MN 129

    appamattako so kaliggaho yaṃ so akkhadhutto paṭhamen'eva kaliggahena puttam'pi jīyetha, dāram'pi jīyetha, sabbaṃ sāpateyyam'pi jīyetha, uttari'pi adhibandhaṃ nigaccheyya.

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