gabbha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• गब्भ (Devanagari script)
• গব্ভ (Bengali script)
• ගබ‍්භ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂဗ္ဘ or ၷၿ္ꧤ or ၷၿ်ꧤ (Burmese script)
• คพฺภ or คัพภะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨻ᩠ᨽ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄພ຺ຠ or ຄັພຠະ (Lao script)
• គព្ភ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄝𑄴𑄞 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गर्भ (gárbha).

Noun

gabbha m

1. womb, the swelling of the womb (during pregnancy)
2. embryo, fetus
   • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:

     7. Tassā dvemāsiko gabbho lohitañ ñeva pagghari
     tad'assā mātā kupitā mayhaṃ ñātī samānayi.

     7. When her unborn child was two months old, just blood flowed forth. Then her angry mother brought her kin to me.

3. interior, cavity

Declension

Declension table of "gabbha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gabbho	gabbhā
Accusative (second)	gabbhaṃ	gabbhe
Instrumental (third)	gabbhena	gabbhehi or gabbhebhi
Dative (fourth)	gabbhassa or gabbhāya or gabbhatthaṃ	gabbhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gabbhasmā or gabbhamhā or gabbhā	gabbhehi or gabbhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gabbhassa	gabbhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gabbhasmiṃ or gabbhamhi or gabbhe	gabbhesu
Vocative (calling)	gabbha	gabbhā

References

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