pubba

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
• पुब्ब (Devanagari script)
• পুব্ব (Bengali script)
• පුබ‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
• ပုဗ္ဗ or ပုၿ္ၿ or ပုၿ်ၿ (Burmese script)
• ปุพฺพ or ปุพพะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩩᨻᩛ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຸພ຺ພ or ປຸພພະ (Lao script)
• បុព្ព (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄪𑄝𑄴𑄝 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit पूय (pūya).

Noun

pubba m

1. pus

Declension

Declension table of "pubba" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pubbo	pubbā
Accusative (second)	pubbaṃ	pubbe
Instrumental (third)	pubbena	pubbehi or pubbebhi
Dative (fourth)	pubbassa or pubbāya or pubbatthaṃ	pubbānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pubbasmā or pubbamhā or pubbā	pubbehi or pubbebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pubbassa	pubbānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pubbasmiṃ or pubbamhi or pubbe	pubbesu
Vocative (calling)	pubba	pubbā

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva).

Adjective

pubba

1. former
2. earlier
3. eastern

Declension

Declension table of "pubba" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pubbo	pubbe
Accusative (second)	pubbaṃ	pubbe
Instrumental (third)	pubbena	pubbehi or pubbebhi
Dative (fourth)	pubbassa or pubbāya or pubbatthaṃ	pubbesaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pubbasmā or pubbamhā or pubbā	pubbehi or pubbebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pubbassa	pubbesaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pubbasmiṃ or pubbamhi or pubbe	pubbesu
Vocative (calling)	pubba	pubbā

Declension table of "pubbā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pubbā	pubbāyo or pubbā
Accusative (second)	pubbaṃ	pubbāyo or pubbā
Instrumental (third)	pubbāya	pubbāhi or pubbābhi
Dative (fourth)	pubbāya	pubbāsaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pubbāya	pubbāhi or pubbābhi
Genitive (sixth)	pubbāya	pubbāsaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pubbāya or pubbāyaṃ	pubbāsu
Vocative (calling)	pubbe	pubbāyo or pubbā

Declension table of "pubba" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pubbaṃ	pubbāni
Accusative (second)	pubbaṃ	pubbāni
Instrumental (third)	pubbena	pubbehi or pubbebhi
Dative (fourth)	pubbassa or pubbāya or pubbatthaṃ	pubbesaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pubbasmā or pubbamhā or pubbā	pubbehi or pubbebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pubbassa	pubbesaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pubbasmiṃ or pubbamhi or pubbe	pubbesu
Vocative (calling)	pubba	pubbāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: ပုဗ္ဗ (pubba.)

References

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