passāva

See also: passava

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• पस्साव (Devanagari script)
• পস্সাৰ (Bengali script)
• පස‍්සාව (Sinhalese script)
• ပဿာဝ or ပသ်သႃဝ (Burmese script)
• ปสฺสาว or ปัสสาวะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩔᩣᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ປສ຺ສາວ or ປັສສາວະ (Lao script)
• បស្សាវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄂𑅇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रस्रवः (prasravaḥ, “trickling forth; gushing; flowing out; urine”); see प्रस्रव (prasrava) for more.

Noun

passāva m

1. urine

Declension

Declension table of "passāva" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	passāvo	passāvā
Accusative (second)	passāvaṃ	passāve
Instrumental (third)	passāvena	passāvehi or passāvebhi
Dative (fourth)	passāvassa or passāvāya or passāvatthaṃ	passāvānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	passāvasmā or passāvamhā or passāvā	passāvehi or passāvebhi
Genitive (sixth)	passāvassa	passāvānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	passāvasmiṃ or passāvamhi or passāve	passāvesu
Vocative (calling)	passāva	passāvā

Descendants

• → Khmer: បស្សាវៈ (pahsaavaʼ)
• → Thai: ปัสสาวะ (bpàt-sǎa-wá)

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 355.