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Pali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit आक्रोशति (ākrośati). By surface analysis, ā- + kus (root).
The consonants of the aorist in -cch- go back to Sanskrit अक्रुक्षत् (akrukṣat) for the simplex.
Verb
akkosati (root kus, first conjugation)
- to scold, to abuse
c. 50 BC, Anguttara Nikaya: Book of Fours, Mahā Vagga; republished as Richard Morris, editor, Aṅguttara-Nikāya: Part II: Catukka Nipāta, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 215:Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu akkosantaṃ paccakkosati, rosantaṃ paṭirosati, bhaṇḍantaṃ paṭibhaṇḍati.- Mendicants, it’s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant abuses, annoys, or argues back at them.
c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:3. අක්කොච්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
යෙ තං උපනය්හන්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම්මති- 3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati - He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "akkosati"
- Present active participle: akkosant, which see for forms and usage
- Present middle participle: akkosamāna, which see for forms and usage
Derived terms
Adjective
akkosati
- masculine/neuter locative singular of akkosant, present participle of the verb above