නිස්සාය
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Verb
[edit]නිස්සාය
- Sinhala script form of nissāya, absolutive of නිස්සයති (nissayati, “to rest on”)
- 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)[1], page 336:
- යන්නූනාහං තිණකට්ඨසාඛාපලාසං සඞ්කඩ්ඪිත්වා කුල්ලං බන්ධිත්වා තං කුල්ලං නිස්සාය හත්ථෙහි ච පාදෙහි ච වායමමානො සොත්ථිනා පාරං උත්තරෙය්යන්ති.”
- Yannūnāhaṃ tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṃ saṅkaḍḍhitvā kullaṃ bandhitvā taṃ kullaṃ nissāya hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyamamāno sotthinā pāraṃ uttareyyanti."
- ‘Why don’t I gather grass, sticks, branches, and leaves and make a raft? Riding on the raft, and paddling with my hands and feet, I can safely reach the far shore.’
Usage notes
[edit]This absolutive has meanings beyond the literal meanings of an absolutive. Refer to the Roman script form for details.