Pāli Dictionary

ve

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

kho, hi, vo, saccaṃ, kira, sudaṃ, aho, nūna,

general

  • indeed; truly; really; surely

  • Snp 5.5

    dukkhassa ve maṃ pabhavaṃ apucchasi, taṃ te pavakkhāmi yathā pajānaṃ, upadhinidānā pabhavanti dukkhā, ye keci lokasmim'anekarūpā.

  • Dhp 372

    n'atthi jhānaṃ apaññassa, paññā n'atthi ajhāyato, yamhi jhānañ'ca paññā ca, sa ve nibbānasantike.

va

via inflected form ve · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

vatta

general

  • the letter “v”; the 37th letter of the Pali alphabet; a dento-labial semi-vowel

vāti

vāroottisuffix

via inflected form ve · 1st person·present·reflexive singular / 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

pavāyati

general

  • blows; wafts; diffuses; emits a scent

  • Dhp 56

    appamatto ayaṃ gandho, yv'āyaṃ tagaracandanaṃ, yo ca sīlavataṃ gandho, vāti devesu uttamo.

veti

viprefixestemtisuffix

via inflected form ve · 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

nassati, vinassati, apeti

Antonyms

eti

general

  • goes away; disappears; wanes; perishes

  • SN 5.10

    dukkham'eva hi sambhoti, dukkhaṃ tiṭṭhati veti ca, n'āññatra dukkhā sambhoti, n'āññaṃ dukkhā nirujjhatī'ti.

  • MN 148

    attā me uppajjati ca veti cā'ti icc'assa evam'āgataṃ hoti. tasmā taṃ na upapajjati, cakkhu attā'ti yo vadeyya. iti cakkhu anattā.

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