paccakkosati

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Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रत्याक्रोशति (pratyākrośati). By surface analysis, pacc- +‎ akkosati.

Verb

paccakkosati (root kus, first conjugation)

  1. to swear back at
    • 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.

Conjugation

  • Present active participle: paccakkosant, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

paccakkosati

  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of paccakkosant, present participle of the verb above