sukha
Pali
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Etymology
[edit]Apparently inherited from Sanskrit सुख (sukha), but the Sanskrit word itself (q.v.) is strongly suspected to itself be derived from Prakrit.
Adjective
[edit]sukha
- easy
- agreeable, pleasant
- c. 50 BC, the Buddha, anonymous author, translated by Ajahn Sujato, Udāna(pāḷi), page 148; republished as The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
- සුඛො විවෙකො තුට්ඨස්ස සුතධම්මස්ස පස්සතො
අබ්යාපජ්ජං සුඛං ලොකෙ පාණභූතෙසු සංයමො.- sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa sutadhammassa passato
abyāpajjaṃ sukhaṃ loke pāṇabhūtesu saṃyamo. - Seclusion is happiness for the contented
who see the teaching they have learned.
Kindness for the world is happiness
for one who’d not harm a living creature.
- sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa sutadhammassa passato
- happy
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "sukha" (masculine)
| Case / Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sukho | sukhā |
| Accusative (second) | sukhaṃ | sukhe |
| Instrumental (third) | sukhena | sukhehi or sukhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sukhassa or sukhāya or sukhatthaṃ | sukhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sukhasmā or sukhamhā or sukhā | sukhehi or sukhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sukhassa | sukhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sukhasmiṃ or sukhamhi or sukhe | sukhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | sukha | sukhā |
Declension table of "sukha" (neuter)
| Case / Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sukhaṃ | sukhāni |
| Accusative (second) | sukhaṃ | sukhāni |
| Instrumental (third) | sukhena | sukhehi or sukhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sukhassa or sukhāya or sukhatthaṃ | sukhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sukhasmā or sukhamhā or sukhā | sukhehi or sukhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sukhassa | sukhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sukhasmiṃ or sukhamhi or sukhe | sukhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | sukha | sukhāni |
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]sukha n
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "sukha" (neuter)
| Case / Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sukhaṃ | sukhāni |
| Accusative (second) | sukhaṃ | sukhāni |
| Instrumental (third) | sukhena | sukhehi or sukhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sukhassa or sukhāya or sukhatthaṃ | sukhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sukhasmā or sukhamhā or sukhā | sukhehi or sukhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sukhassa | sukhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sukhasmiṃ or sukhamhi or sukhe | sukhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | sukha | sukhāni |
Descendants
[edit]- → Mon: သုခ
- → Burmese: သုခ (su.hka.)
- → Northern Thai: ᩈᩩᨡ
- → Shan: သုၵ်ႉၶႃႉ (sṵ̂k khâ̰a)
- → Thai: สุข (sùk)
Quechua
[edit]Adverb
[edit]sukha
- in the afternoon
Noun
[edit]sukha
Usage notes
[edit]Not to be confused with suka, suk'a.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sukha | sukhakuna |
| accusative | sukhata | sukhakunata |
| dative | sukhaman | sukhakunaman |
| genitive | sukhap | sukhakunap |
| locative | sukhapi | sukhakunapi |
| terminative | sukhakama | sukhakunakama |
| ablative | sukhamanta | sukhakunamanta |
| instrumental | sukhawan | sukhakunawan |
| comitative | sukhantin | sukhakunantin |
| abessive | sukhannaq | sukhakunannaq |
| comparative | sukhahina | sukhakunahina |
| causative | sukharayku | sukhakunarayku |
| benefactive | sukhapaq | sukhakunapaq |
| associative | sukhapura | sukhakunapura |
| distributive | sukhanka | sukhakunanka |
| exclusive | sukhalla | sukhakunalla |