phāsuḷī

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀨𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀴𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• फासुळी (Devanagari script)
• ফাসুল়ী (Bengali script)
• ඵාසුළී (Sinhalese script)
• ဖာသုဠီ or ဖာသုဠဳ or ၽႃသုꩮီ (Burmese script)
• ผาสุฬี (Thai script)
• ᨹᩣᩈᩩᩊᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ຜາສຸຬີ (Lao script)
• ផាសុឡី (Khmer script)
• 𑄜𑄂𑄥𑄪𑅄𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Obscurely related to Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, “rib”), plausibly via synonymous Pali phāsukā.

Noun

phāsuḷī f

1. rib
   • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎^[1], page 192:

     සෙය්‍යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති, එවමෙවස‍්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති තායෙවප‍්පාහාරතාය.

     Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.

     Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.

Declension

Declension table of "phāsuḷī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	phāsuḷī	phāsuḷiyo or phāsuḷī
Accusative (second)	phāsuḷiṃ or phāsuḷiyaṃ	phāsuḷiyo or phāsuḷī
Instrumental (third)	phāsuḷiyā	phāsuḷīhi or phāsuḷībhi
Dative (fourth)	phāsuḷiyā	phāsuḷīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	phāsuḷiyā	phāsuḷīhi or phāsuḷībhi
Genitive (sixth)	phāsuḷiyā	phāsuḷīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	phāsuḷiyā or phāsuḷiyaṃ	phāsuḷīsu
Vocative (calling)	phāsuḷi	phāsuḷiyo or phāsuḷī

Related terms

• phāsukā (“rib”), upphāsulika (“emaciated”), phāsuḷā (“rib”), passa (“side, flank”)