mejjha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀛 (Brahmi script)
• मेज्झ (Devanagari script)
• মেজ্ঝ (Bengali script)
• මෙජ‍්ඣ (Sinhalese script)
• မေဇ္ဈ or မေဇ္ၛ or မေၹ္ꧢ or မေၹ်ꧢ (Burmese script)
• เมชฺฌ or เมชฌะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮᨩ᩠ᨫ (Tai Tham script)
• ເມຊ຺ຌ or ເມຊຌະ (Lao script)
• មេជ្ឈ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄬𑄎𑄴𑄏 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मेध्य (medhya, “fit for sacrifice; pure”). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀛 (mĕjjha), 𑀫𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀛 (mijjha). Related to medha.

Adjective

mejjha

1. pure; fit for sacrifice

   Antonym: amejjha

Declension

Declension table of "mejjha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mejjho	mejjhā
Accusative (second)	mejjhaṃ	mejjhe
Instrumental (third)	mejjhena	mejjhehi or mejjhebhi
Dative (fourth)	mejjhassa or mejjhāya or mejjhatthaṃ	mejjhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mejjhasmā or mejjhamhā or mejjhā	mejjhehi or mejjhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mejjhassa	mejjhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mejjhasmiṃ or mejjhamhi or mejjhe	mejjhesu
Vocative (calling)	mejjha	mejjhā

Declension table of "mejjhā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mejjhā	mejjhāyo or mejjhā
Accusative (second)	mejjhaṃ	mejjhāyo or mejjhā
Instrumental (third)	mejjhāya	mejjhāhi or mejjhābhi
Dative (fourth)	mejjhāya	mejjhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mejjhāya	mejjhāhi or mejjhābhi
Genitive (sixth)	mejjhāya	mejjhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mejjhāya or mejjhāyaṃ	mejjhāsu
Vocative (calling)	mejjhe	mejjhāyo or mejjhā

Declension table of "mejjha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mejjhaṃ	mejjhāni
Accusative (second)	mejjhaṃ	mejjhāni
Instrumental (third)	mejjhena	mejjhehi or mejjhebhi
Dative (fourth)	mejjhassa or mejjhāya or mejjhatthaṃ	mejjhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mejjhasmā or mejjhamhā or mejjhā	mejjhehi or mejjhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mejjhassa	mejjhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mejjhasmiṃ or mejjhamhi or mejjhe	mejjhesu
Vocative (calling)	mejjha	mejjhāni

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mejjha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 540
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mḗdhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 596