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appakicco

appakicca

masc nom sg of appakicca (adj)

1. unencumbered; with few obligations; with few duties; with little work; lit. little to be done

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation; see a/an- in the reference.
• ppa — root · small, little
  Reduplicative intensification or contraction reflecting smallness; related to Sanskrit alpa 'small'.
• kicca — stem · work, duty
  Gerundive derivative from √kṛ (do, make); the -a ending marks it as a noun stem in compound position.
• -o — ending · masculine nominative singular
  Standard masculine singular nominative inflection, marking the adjective agreement with a masculine noun.

Analysis. Compound: appa- (little, small) + kicca (work, duty, obligation). Literally 'little-work', describing one who has few duties or is free from encumbrance.

Etymology. appa is from a- (without) + pa (intensifying prefix), or a contraction of 'appa' meaning small/little (akin to Sanskrit alpa); kicca is from √kṛ via the gerundive suffix -icca (work that must be done). The compound expresses freedom from labour through the lens of spatial negation.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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