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olīyanti

olīyati

pr 3rd pl of olīyati (verb)

1. gets stuck; lags behind; gets bogged down; grinds to a halt; lit. is stuck down

Etymology. ava + līya + ti; from √lī 'stick, hide'; Sanskrit avalīyate [avalī]

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

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