pubbaṇha
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Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Etymology[edit]
Derived from weak forms of a compound such as Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “start”) + Sanskrit अहन् (ahan, “day”), with regular vowel shortening and metathesis of -nh- in oblique forms, with a change of gender.
Noun[edit]
pubbaṇha m
- morning
- Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes[edit]
The term is part of a three-fold division of the day into pubbaṇha, majjhaṇha and sāyaṇha.
Declension[edit]
Declension table of "pubbaṇha" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | pubbaṇho | pubbaṇhā |
Accusative (second) | pubbaṇhaṃ | pubbaṇhe |
Instrumental (third) | pubbaṇhena | pubbaṇhehi or pubbaṇhebhi |
Dative (fourth) | pubbaṇhassa or pubbaṇhāya or pubbaṇhatthaṃ | pubbaṇhānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | pubbaṇhasmā or pubbaṇhamhā or pubbaṇhā | pubbaṇhehi or pubbaṇhebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | pubbaṇhassa | pubbaṇhānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | pubbaṇhasmiṃ or pubbaṇhamhi or pubbaṇhe | pubbaṇhesu |
Vocative (calling) | pubbaṇha | pubbaṇhā |
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References[edit]
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pubbaṇha”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 388.