papphāsa

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Etymology

Obscurely related to Sanskrit पुप्फुस (pupphusa)

Noun

papphāsa n

  1. the lungs

Declension

Declension table of "papphāsa" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)papphāsaṃpapphāsāni
Accusative (second)papphāsaṃpapphāsāni
Instrumental (third)papphāsenapapphāsehi or papphāsebhi
Dative (fourth)papphāsassa or papphāsāya or papphāsatthaṃpapphāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)papphāsasmā or papphāsamhā or papphāsāpapphāsehi or papphāsebhi
Genitive (sixth)papphāsassapapphāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)papphāsasmiṃ or papphāsamhi or papphāsepapphāsesu
Vocative (calling)papphāsapapphāsāni

References

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

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