sadda

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Maltese

Root
s-d-d
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَدَّة (sadda).

Pronunciation

Noun

sadda f (plural saddiet)

  1. obstruction

Old Norse

Participle

sadda

  1. inflection of saddr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शब्द (śabda).

Noun

sadda m

  1. sound, word
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      सब्बो ति इच्चेसो सद्दो सरे परे क्वचि चकारं पप्पोति
      Sabbo ti icceso saddo sare pare kvaci cakāraṃ pappoti.
      For all 'ti', this sound sometimes becomes 'c' before another vowel.
    • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 36:
      62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe
      bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe
      sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde
      phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi
      62. Tar for crossing, thar for spreading, / bhar for supporting, phar for pervasion, / sar for motion, thought, crushing and noise, / phur for shaking, har for taking.

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