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appahīno

appahīna

masc nom sg of appahīna (pp)

1. not removed; not given up; not abandoned; lit. not actively abandoned

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Marks the absence of the action or state that follows.
• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Intensifies the verb, suggesting the action is driven forward or thoroughly done.
• hī — root · leave, abandon
  Sanskrit √hyas, √hē; cognate with English 'shun'. Carries the sense of letting go or forsaking.
• na — ending · past participle
  Masculine nominative singular form of the past participle, marking a state reached: 'having been abandoned' (here negated by a- to mean 'not abandoned').

Analysis. a- (not) + pahīna (abandoned, past participle of pahīnati 'to give up, abandon'). The prefix a- negates the participle, marking what has not been relinquished.

Etymology. The root is √hī (to leave, abandon), with pa- as an intensifying prefix, forming pahīna 'thoroughly abandoned'. The negation a- reverses this: 'not abandoned'. The √hī is cognate with Sanskrit √hyas, √hē (to leave behind), and distantly with English 'shun' (to turn away from). The pa- prefix carries forward motion: what is 'put forth and left' becomes simply 'left, abandoned'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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