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Aha,2 (-°) & Aho (°-) (nt.) [Vedic ahan & ahas] a day. (1) °aha only in foll. cpds. & cases:Instr. ekâhena in one day J.VI,366; Loc. tadahe on that (same) day PvA.46; Acc. katipâhaṁ (for) some or several days J.I,152 etc. (kattpâha); sattāhaṁ seven days,a week Vin.I,1; D.II,14; J.IV,2,and freq.; anvahaṁ daily Dāvs.IV,8. -- The initial a of ahaṁ (Acc.) is elided after i,which often appears lengthened:kati ‘haṁ how many days? S.I,7; ekâha-dvī ‘haṁ one or two days J.I,292; dvīha-tī ‘han two or three days J.II,103; VvA.45; ekâha-dvī’h’accayena after the lapse of one or two days J.I,253. -- A doublet of aha is anha (through metathesis from ahan),which only occurs in phrases pubbanho & sāyanha (q. v.); an adj. der. fr. aha is °ahika: see pañcâhika (consisting of 5 days). -- (2) aho° in cpd. ahoratta (m. & nt.) [cp. BSk. ahorātraṁ Av. Ś. I.209] & ahoratti (f.) day & night,occurring mostly in oblique cases and adverbially in Acc. ahorattaṁ: M.I,417 (°ânusikkhin); Dh.226 (id.; expld. by divā ca rattiñ ca tisso sikkhā sikkhamāna DhA.III,324); Th.1,145 (ahorattā accayanti); J.IV,108 (°ānaṁ accaye); Pv.II,131 (°ṁ); Miln.82 (ena). -- ahorattiṁ Dh.387; J.VI,313 (v. l. BB for T. aho va rattiṁ). (Page 91)