Pāli Dictionary

palāpa1

palāvaroot

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

lap1parler; bavarder

Synonyms

asāra, niratthaka, nirattha

Antonyms

apalāpa, nippalāpa

general

  • balle (de céréale); au figuré: sans valeur, inutile

  • chaff (of grain); hence worthless, useless; (of a person) devoid of worth or ethics

  • SN 8.7

    sabbe bhagavato puttā, palāp'ettha na vijjati, taṇhāsallassa hantāraṃ, vande ādiccabandhunan'ti.

  • AN 8.10

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, mahato dhaññarāsissa phuṇamānassa tattha yāni tāni dhaññāni daḷhāni sāravantāni tāni ekam'antaṃ puñjaṃ hoti, yāni pana tāni dhaññāni dubbalāni palāpāni tāni vāto ekam'antaṃ apavahati.

palāpa2

paprefixlaprootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

ethics

  • bavardage, discours futile

  • chattering; prattle; idle, empty talk

  • DN 22

    musāvādā veramaṇī, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī, samphappalāpā veramaṇī, ayaṃ vuccati bhikkhave sammāvācā

palapati

approximate

paprefixlaprootasuffix

via inflected form palapa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

lap1parler; bavarder

general

  • bavarde sans raison; dit des sottises

  • talks nonsense; chatters idly; babbles

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