asuci
Pali
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Etymology
editInherited from Sanskrit अशुचि (aśuci) or simply a- + suci.
Adjective
editasuci
Declension
editDeclension table of "asuci" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | asuci | asucayo or asucī |
Accusative (second) | asuciṃ | asucayo or asucī |
Instrumental (third) | asucinā | asucīhi or asucībhi |
Dative (fourth) | asucissa or asucino | asucīnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | asucismā or asucimhā | asucīhi or asucībhi |
Genitive (sixth) | asucissa or asucino | asucīnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | asucismiṃ or asucimhi | asucīsu |
Vocative (calling) | asuci | asucayo or asucī |
Declension table of "asucinī" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | asucinī | asuciniyo or asucinī |
Accusative (second) | asuciniṃ or asuciniyaṃ | asuciniyo or asucinī |
Instrumental (third) | asuciniyā | asucinīhi or asucinībhi |
Dative (fourth) | asuciniyā | asucinīnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | asuciniyā | asucinīhi or asucinībhi |
Genitive (sixth) | asuciniyā | asucinīnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | asuciniyā or asuciniyaṃ | asucinīsu |
Vocative (calling) | asucini | asuciniyo or asucinī |
Declension table of "asuci" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | asuci | asucīni or asucī |
Accusative (second) | asuciṃ | asucīni or asucī |
Instrumental (third) | asucinā | asucīhi or asucībhi |
Dative (fourth) | asucissa or asucino | asucīnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | asucismā or asucimhā | asucīhi or asucībhi |
Genitive (sixth) | asucissa or asucino | asucīnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | asucismiṃ or asucimhi | asucīsu |
Vocative (calling) | asuci | asucīni or asucī |
Noun
editasuci m
- dirt, excrement; dung; semen
- Jāto kaṇho pabyāhāsi – ‘dhovatha maṃ, amma, nahāpetha maṃ amma, imasmā maṃ asucismā parimocetha, atthāya vo bhavissāmī’ti.
- And no sooner was it born than the little black thing said, “Wash me, mother. Bathe me, mother. Set me free, mother, of this dirt. So shall I be of use to you.”
Declension
editDeclension table of "asuci" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | asuci | asucayo or asucī |
Accusative (second) | asuciṃ | asucayo or asucī |
Instrumental (third) | asucinā | asucīhi or asucībhi |
Dative (fourth) | asucissa or asucino | asucīnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | asucismā or asucimhā | asucīhi or asucībhi |
Genitive (sixth) | asucissa or asucino | asucīnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | asucismiṃ or asucimhi | asucīsu |
Vocative (calling) | asuci | asucayo or asucī |
Antonyms
editReferences
editChilders, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 62.