Mā
Mā,(indecl.) [cp.Vedic mā,Gr.mή] prohibition particle:not,do not,let us hope not,I wish that ...not [cp.Lat.utinam & ne].Constructed with various tenses,e.g.1.with aor.(prohibitive tense):mā evaṁ akattha do not thus DhA.I,7; mā abhaṇi speak not Pv.I,33; mā cintayittha do not worry DhA.I,12; mā parihāyi I hope he will not go short (or be deprived) of ...M.I,444; mā bhāyi fear not J.II,159; mā mariṁsu I hope they will not die J.III,55; mā (te) rucci may it not please (you),i.e.please do not Vin.II,198; mā evaṁ ruccittha id.DhA.I,13.-- 2.with imper.:mā gaccha J.I,152; mā detha J.III,275.mā ghāta do not kill:see māghāta.-- 3.with pot.:mā anuyuñjetha Dh.27; mā bhuñjetha let him not eat Mhvs 25,113; mā vadetha J.VI,364.‹-› 4.with indic.pres.:mā paṭilabhati A.V,194.-- A peculiar use is found in phrase ānemi mā ānemi shall I bring it or not? J.VI,334.-- 5.mā=na (simple negation) in māsakkhimhā we could not Vin.III,23.(Page 527)