dhātu
See also: dhatu
Old Javanese
Derived terms
- adhātu
- anekadhātu
- arūpadhātu
- kāmadhātu
- lokadhātu
- rūpadhātu
- sarwadhātu
- tridhātu
Descendants
- → Balinese: ᬥᬵᬢᬸ (datu)
Further reading
- "dhātu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu). The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu).
Noun
dhātu f
- element
- natural condition
- (religion) relic
- (grammar) root of a word
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], page 294; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- आस इच्चेताय धातुया तिस्स विभत्तिस्स त्थित्तं होति धात्वन्तस्स लोपो च।
- Asa iccetāya dhātuyā tissa vibhattissa tthittaṃ hoti dhātvantassa lopo ca.
- 'As': from this root the ending 'ti' becomes 'tthi' and the end of the root is dropped
- humour of the body
- a faculty of the senses
Declension
Declension table of "dhātu" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | dhātu | dhātuyo or dhātū |
| Accusative (second) | dhātuṃ | dhātuyo or dhātū |
| Instrumental (third) | dhātuyā | dhātūhi or dhātūbhi |
| Dative (fourth) | dhātuyā | dhātūnaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | dhātuyā | dhātūhi or dhātūbhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | dhātuyā | dhātūnaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | dhātuyā or dhātuyaṃ | dhātūsu |
| Vocative (calling) | dhātu | dhātuyo or dhātū |
Derived terms
Noun
dhātu m
- (grammar) root of a word
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], page 283; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- दिस इच्चेतस्स धातुस्स पस्स दिस्स दक्ख इच्चेते आदेसा होन्ति वा।
- Disa iccetassa dhātussa passa dissa dakkha iccete ādesā honti vā.
- 'Dis': this root may become 'pass', 'diss' or 'dakkh'.
Declension
Declension table of "dhātu" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | dhātu | dhātavo or dhātū |
| Accusative (second) | dhātuṃ | dhātavo or dhātū |
| Instrumental (third) | dhātunā | dhātūhi or dhātūbhi |
| Dative (fourth) | dhātussa or dhātuno | dhātūnaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | dhātusmā or dhātumhā | dhātūhi or dhātūbhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | dhātussa or dhātuno | dhātūnaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | dhātusmiṃ or dhātumhi | dhātūsu |
| Vocative (calling) | dhātu | dhātave or dhātavo |
Descendants
- → Thai: ธาตุ (tâat)
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dhātu”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
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