Pāli Dictionary

ma1

Part of speech

particle

general

  • ma; désinence verbale de la 1re personne du pluriel du présent

  • ma; verbal ending of the present tense first person plural

ma2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • la lettre m; la 31e lettre de l’alphabet pali; consonne nasale

  • the letter m; the 31st letter of the Pali alphabet; a nasal consonant

  • (grammaire) la consonne m utilisée comme insertion euphonique, ou résultant de la transformation de niggahīta (ṃ) ou p

  • (grammar) the consonant m used as a euphonic insertion, or resulting from the transformation of niggahīta (ṃ) or p

mā1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

canda, candima

cosmology

  • la lune

  • the moon (especially in compounds like puṇṇamā)

  • SN 22.82

    tena kho pana samayena bhagavā tadah'uposathe pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto ajjhokāse nisinno hoti.

mā2

approximate

Part of speech

indeclinable

general

  • particule prohibitive: ne pas; qu’on ne; ne laissez pas; assez (de) !

  • prohibitive particle: do not; may one not; don’t let; enough (of)!

approximate

mā5mesurer

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