Pāli Dictionary

suka

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

suva

general

  • un perroquet

  • a parrot

  • DN 32

    suka-sāḷika-sadd'ettha, daṇḍamāṇavakāni ca, sobhati sabbakālaṃ sā, kuveranaḷinī sadā.

sūka

approximate

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • (chez une plante) barbe; poil rigide; épine (p. ex. de l’orge)

  • (of a plant) awn; bristle; spike; spicule, e.g. of barley

  • SN 45.9

    taṃ kissa hetu? micchāpaṇihitattā, bhikkhave, sūkassa.

  • grain; particule; petite tache

  • grain; particle; speck

  • MN 105

    mā ca vāt'ātape cārittaṃ anuyuñji, mā te vāt'ātape cārittaṃ anuyuttassa rajosūkaṃ vaṇamukhaṃ anuddhaṃsesi. vaṇ'ānurakkhī ca, ambho purisa, vihareyyāsi vaṇasāropī'ti.

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