pakkha
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Pali
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Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣá).
Noun
[edit]pakkha m
- side (of the body), flank
- wing
- feathers
- side, faction
- half a lunar month, fortnight
- ဂျပါန် ရဋ္ဌတော စိတ္တမာသဿ သုက္ခပက္ခေ ဒုတိယာယံ နိက္ခန္တာ၊ ရာဇဒူတာ တသ္မိံ ယေ၀ ပက္ခေ ဒသမိယံ သျာမရဋ္ဌံ ပါပုဏိံသု။
- ɡyapān raṭṭhato cittamāsassa sukkhapakkhe dutiyāyaṃ nikkhantā, rājadūtā tasmiṃ yeva pakkhe dasamiyaṃ syāmaraṭṭhaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu.
- The envoys started from Japan on the second day after the new moon of the month of Citta (April) and reached Siam on the 10th of the same fortnight.
- alternative (in a debate)
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "pakkha" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | pakkho | pakkhā |
| Accusative (second) | pakkhaṃ | pakkhe |
| Instrumental (third) | pakkhena | pakkhehi or pakkhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | pakkhassa or pakkhāya or pakkhatthaṃ | pakkhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | pakkhasmā or pakkhamhā or pakkhā | pakkhehi or pakkhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | pakkhassa | pakkhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | pakkhasmiṃ or pakkhamhi or pakkhe | pakkhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | pakkha | pakkhā |
Derived terms
[edit]- sukkapakkha (“waxing fortnight”)
- juṇhapakkha (“waxing fortnight”)
- kālapakkha (“waning fortnight”)
- kaṇhapakkha (“waning fortnight”)
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit प्रख्य (prakhyá, “clear”).
Adjective
[edit]pakkha
Usage notes
[edit]The adjectival suffix -pakkha (“resembling”) is treated as a separate word.
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "pakkha" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | pakkho | pakkhā |
| Accusative (second) | pakkhaṃ | pakkhe |
| Instrumental (third) | pakkhena | pakkhehi or pakkhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | pakkhassa or pakkhāya or pakkhatthaṃ | pakkhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | pakkhasmā or pakkhamhā or pakkhā | pakkhehi or pakkhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | pakkhassa | pakkhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | pakkhasmiṃ or pakkhamhi or pakkhe | pakkhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | pakkha | pakkhā |
Declension table of "pakkha" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | pakkhaṃ | pakkhāni |
| Accusative (second) | pakkhaṃ | pakkhāni |
| Instrumental (third) | pakkhena | pakkhehi or pakkhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | pakkhassa or pakkhāya or pakkhatthaṃ | pakkhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | pakkhasmā or pakkhamhā or pakkhā | pakkhehi or pakkhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | pakkhassa | pakkhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | pakkhasmiṃ or pakkhamhi or pakkhe | pakkhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | pakkha | pakkhāni |