dunnayatā
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀤𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀬𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- दुन्नयता (Devanagari script)
- দুন্নযতা (Bengali script)
- දුන්නයතා (Sinhalese script)
- ဒုန္နယတာ (Burmese script)
- ทุนฺนยตา or ทุนนะยะตา (Thai script)
- ᨴᩩᨶ᩠ᨶᨿᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ທຸນ຺ນຍຕາ or ທຸນນະຍະຕາ or ທຸນນະຢະຕາ (Lao script)
- ទុន្នយតា (Khmer script)
Etymology
dus- + naya + -tā
Noun
dunnayatā f
- wrong drawing out
- misunderstanding
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 1; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- अक्खर-विपत्तियं अत्थस्स दुन्नयता होति। तस्मा अक्खर-कोसल्लं बहूपकारं सुत्तन्तेसु।
- Akkhara-vipattiyaṃ atthassa dunnayatā hoti. Tasmā akkhara-kosallaṃ bahūpakāraṃ suttantesu.
- The sense becomes unintelligible, if there occurs any mistake in the arrangement of letters. So, for one who is to prosecute the studies of the Discourses, a minute knowledge of letters is of immense use.
Declension
Declension table of "dunnayatā" (feminine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | dunnayatā | dunnayatāyo or dunnayatā |
| Accusative (second) | dunnayataṃ | dunnayatāyo or dunnayatā |
| Instrumental (third) | dunnayatāya | dunnayatāhi or dunnayatābhi |
| Dative (fourth) | dunnayatāya | dunnayatānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | dunnayatāya | dunnayatāhi or dunnayatābhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | dunnayatāya | dunnayatānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | dunnayatāya or dunnayatāyaṃ | dunnayatāsu |
| Vocative (calling) | dunnayate | dunnayatāyo or dunnayatā |
References
Robert Cæsar Childers (1875), A Dictionary of the Pali Language, London: Trübner & Co.