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caritā

carita

masc nom pl of carita (pp); fem nom sg of carita (pp); fem nom pl of carita (pp); nt nom pl of carita (pp); …

1. carita (pp): behaving; acting; practising; lit. acted
2. carita (nt): behaviour; movement; orbit; lit. acted
3. carita (nt): life; living (of); lit. going
4. carita (pp): walked; roamed about; gone around
5. caritar (masc): who performs; practitioner (of)
6. carita (pp): lived; led (by)
7. carita (nt): predisposition; tendency; temperament; lit. acted

Etymology. √car + ita; from √car 'act, behave'; Sanskrit carita [car]

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

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