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kusītassa

kusīta

masc dat sg of kusīta (adj); nt dat sg of kusīta (adj); masc gen sg of kusīta (adj); nt gen sg of kusīta (adj); …

  1. lazy; slack; inactive; apathetic
  2. lazybones; who is slack; inactive person

Etymology. ku + sīda > sīta + a; from √sad 'sink, sit, settle'; Sanskrit kusīda, kuṣīda [sad]

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

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