parassapada

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• परस्सपद (Devanagari script)
• পরস্সপদ (Bengali script)
• පරස‍්සපද (Sinhalese script)
• ပရဿပဒ or ပရသ်သပၻ (Burmese script)
• ปรสฺสปท or ปะรัสสะปะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩁᩔᨷᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຣສ຺ສປທ or ປະຣັສສະປະທະ (Lao script)
• បរស្សបទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄢𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄛𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit परस्मैपद (parasmaipada), built as parassa (“for another”) +‎ pada (“ending”)

Noun

parassapada n

1. (grammar) active ending
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.

     Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

Declension

Declension table of "parassapada" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	parassapadaṃ	parassapadāni
Accusative (second)	parassapadaṃ	parassapadāni
Instrumental (third)	parassapadena	parassapadehi or parassapadebhi
Dative (fourth)	parassapadassa or parassapadāya or parassapadatthaṃ	parassapadānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	parassapadasmā or parassapadamhā or parassapadā	parassapadehi or parassapadebhi
Genitive (sixth)	parassapadassa	parassapadānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	parassapadasmiṃ or parassapadamhi or parassapade	parassapadesu
Vocative (calling)	parassapada	parassapadāni