lohita

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• लोहित (Devanagari script)
• লোহিত (Bengali script)
• ලොහිත (Sinhalese script)
• လောဟိတ or လေႃႁိတ (Burmese script)
• โลหิต or โลหิตะ (Thai script)
• ᩃᩮᩣᩉᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂລຫິຕ or ໂລຫິຕະ (Lao script)
• លោហិត (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄮𑄦𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लोहित (lóhita), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Adjective

lohita

1. red

Declension

Declension table of "lohita" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	lohito	lohitā
Accusative (second)	lohitaṃ	lohite
Instrumental (third)	lohitena	lohitehi or lohitebhi
Dative (fourth)	lohitassa or lohitāya or lohitatthaṃ	lohitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	lohitasmā or lohitamhā or lohitā	lohitehi or lohitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	lohitassa	lohitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	lohitasmiṃ or lohitamhi or lohite	lohitesu
Vocative (calling)	lohita	lohitā

Declension table of "lohita" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	lohitaṃ	lohitāni
Accusative (second)	lohitaṃ	lohitāni
Instrumental (third)	lohitena	lohitehi or lohitebhi
Dative (fourth)	lohitassa or lohitāya or lohitatthaṃ	lohitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	lohitasmā or lohitamhā or lohitā	lohitehi or lohitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	lohitassa	lohitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	lohitasmiṃ or lohitamhi or lohite	lohitesu
Vocative (calling)	lohita	lohitāni

Noun

lohita n

1. blood
   • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:

     7. Tassā dvemāsiko gabbho lohitañ ñeva pagghari
     tad'assā mātā kupitā mayhaṃ ñātī samānayi.

     7. When her unborn child was two months old, just blood flowed forth. Then her angry mother brought her kin to me.

Declension

Declension table of "lohita" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	lohitaṃ	lohitāni
Accusative (second)	lohitaṃ	lohitāni
Instrumental (third)	lohitena	lohitehi or lohitebhi
Dative (fourth)	lohitassa or lohitāya or lohitatthaṃ	lohitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	lohitasmā or lohitamhā or lohitā	lohitehi or lohitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	lohitassa	lohitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	lohitasmiṃ or lohitamhi or lohite	lohitesu
Vocative (calling)	lohita	lohitāni

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “lohita”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead