Pāli Dictionary

pīḷeti

pīḷrootesuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

pīḷ8press; crush

general

  • presses, presses down; weighs down heavily; crushes, oppresses, molests

  • (of honey or oil) presses out; squeezes out; harvests

  • MN 77

    seyyathā'pi nāma puriso cātummahāpathe khuddamadhuṃ anelakaṃ pīḷeyya. tam'enaṃ mahājanakāyo paccāsīsamānarūpo paccupaṭṭhito assa.

  • MN 126

    seyyathā'pi, bhūmija, puriso tel'atthiko telagavesī telapariyesanaṃ caramāno tilapiṭṭhaṃ doṇiyā ākiritvā udakena paripphosakaṃ paripphosakaṃ pīḷeyya.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

apiaḷeiti
  1. api

    (prefix) on; onto; towards; close by

  2. aḷeaḷa

    the claw or pincer of a crab; a scorpion’s sting/tail

  3. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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