lohita

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लोहित (lóhita), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Adjective

lohita

  1. red

Declension

Declension table of "lohita" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)lohitolohitā
Accusative (second)lohitaṃlohite
Instrumental (third)lohitenalohitehi or lohitebhi
Dative (fourth)lohitassa or lohitāya or lohitatthaṃlohitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)lohitasmā or lohitamhā or lohitālohitehi or lohitebhi
Genitive (sixth)lohitassalohitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)lohitasmiṃ or lohitamhi or lohitelohitesu
Vocative (calling)lohitalohitā
Declension table of "lohita" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)lohitaṃlohitāni
Accusative (second)lohitaṃlohitāni
Instrumental (third)lohitenalohitehi or lohitebhi
Dative (fourth)lohitassa or lohitāya or lohitatthaṃlohitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)lohitasmā or lohitamhā or lohitālohitehi or lohitebhi
Genitive (sixth)lohitassalohitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)lohitasmiṃ or lohitamhi or lohitelohitesu
Vocative (calling)lohitalohitāni

Noun

lohita n

  1. blood
    • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
      7. Tassā dvemāsiko gabbho lohitañ ñeva pagghari
      tad'assā mātā kupitā mayhaṃ ñātī samānayi.
      7. When her unborn child was two months old, just blood flowed forth. Then her angry mother brought her kin to me.

Declension

Declension table of "lohita" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)lohitaṃlohitāni
Accusative (second)lohitaṃlohitāni
Instrumental (third)lohitenalohitehi or lohitebhi
Dative (fourth)lohitassa or lohitāya or lohitatthaṃlohitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)lohitasmā or lohitamhā or lohitālohitehi or lohitebhi
Genitive (sixth)lohitassalohitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)lohitasmiṃ or lohitamhi or lohitelohitesu
Vocative (calling)lohitalohitāni

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “lohita”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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