Pāli Dictionary

kusīta

kuprefixsadrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sad1sink; sit; settle

Synonyms

hīnaviriya, alasa

Antonyms

āraddhaviriya, āraddhavīriya, akusīta

ethics

  • lazy; slothful; inactive; apathetic

  • Dhp 7

    subh'ānupassiṃ viharantaṃ, indriyesu asaṃvutaṃ, bhojanamhi c'āmattaññuṃ, kusītaṃ hīnavīriyaṃ, taṃ ve pasahati māro, vāto rukkhaṃ'va dubbalaṃ.

  • AN 8.30

    āraddhavīriyassāyaṃ dhammo n'āyaṃ dhammo kusītassa

general

  • (as noun) a lazy person; lazybones; one who is slack

  • (fem. kusītā) indolence; laziness; sloth

kusītā

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

sad1sink; sit; settle

general

  • indolence; laziness

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

kusitā
  1. kusi

    cross-seam; strip of cloth (part of the pattern of a monk’s robe)

  2. tā

    they; those; them (feminine plural of the pronoun ‘ta’)

kusitā
  1. ku

    earth; ground (a commentarial term mostly used to explain compounds with ‘ku-’)

  2. sitāsita

    smile

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