appa
Appa,(adj.) [Vedic alpa,cp. Gr. a]lapάzw (lapάzw) to empty (to make little),a]lapadnόs weak; Lith. alpnas weak,alpstù to faint] small,little,insignificant,often in the sense of “very little = (next to) nothing” (so in most cpds.); thus expld. at VvA.334 as equivalent to a negative part. (see appodaka) D.I,61 (opp. mahant,DA.I,170 = parittaka); Sn.713,775,805,896 (= appaka,omaka,thoka,lamaka,jatukka,parittaka Nd1 306); Dh.174; J.I,262; Pug.39. -- nt. appaṁ a little,a small portion,a trifle; pl. appāni small things,trifles A.II,26 = It.102; A.II,138; Dh.20 (= thokaṁ eka-vagga-dvi-vagga-mattam pi DhA.I,158),224 (°smiṁ yācito asked for little),259.
--aggha of little value (opp. mahaggha priceless) J.I,9; Pug.33; DhA.IV,184. --assāda [BSk. alpâsvāda,cp. Divy 224 = Dh.186; alpa + ā + svād] of little taste or enjoyment,affording little pleasure (always used of kāmā) Vin.II,25 = M.I,130 = A.III,97 = Nd2 71; Sn.61; Dh 186 (= supina-sadisatāya paritta-sukha DhA III 240); Th.2,358 (= ThA.244); J.II,313; Vism.124. --ātaṅka little (or no) illness,freedom from illness,good health (= appābādha with which often combd.) [BSk. alpātaṅka & alpātaṅkatā] D.I,204 (+ appābādha); III,166; A.III,65,103; Miln.14. --ābādha same as appātaṅka (q. v.) D.I,204; III,166,237; M.II,125; A.I,25; II,88; III,30,65 sq.,103,153; Pv IV.144; °ābādhatā id. [cp. BSk. alpābādhatā good health] A.I,38. --āyuka short lived D.I,18; PvA.103,also as °āyukin Vv 416. --āhāra taking little or no food,fasting M.II,5; Sn.165 (= ekāsana-bhojitāya ca parimita-bhojitāya ca SnA 207),also as °āhāratā M.I,245; II,5. --odaka having little or no water,dry Sn.777 (macche va appodake khīṇasote = parittodake Nd1 50); Vv 843 (+ appabhakkha; expld. at VvA.334 as “appa-saddo h’ettha abhāvattho appiccho appanigghoso ti ādisu viya”); J.I,70; DhA.IV,12. --kasira in Instr. °kasirena with little or no difficulty D.I,251; S.V,51; Th.1,16. --kicca having few duties,free from obligations,free from care Sn.144 (= appaṁ kiccaṁ assā ti KhA 241). --gandha not smelling or having a bad smell Miln.252 (opp. sugandha). --ṭṭha “standing in little”; i. e. connected with little trouble D.I,143; A.I,169. --thāmaka having little or no strength,weak S.IV,206. --dassa having little knowledge or wisdom Sn.1134 (see Nd2 69; expld. by paritta-pañña SnA 605). --nigghosa with little sound,quiet,still,soundless (cp. VvA.334,as quoted above under °odaka) A.V,15 (+ appasadda); Sn.338; Nd1 377; Miln.371. --pañña,of little wisdom J.II,166; III,223,263. --puñña of little merit M.II,5. --puññatā having little merit,unworthiness Pv IV.107. --phalatā bringing little fruit PvA.139. --bhakkha having little or nothing to eat Vv 843. --bhoga having little wealth,i. e. poor,indigent Sn.114 (= sannicitānaṁ ca bhogānaṁ āyamukhassa ca abhāvato SnA 173). --maññati to consider as small,to underrate:see separately. --matta little,slight,mean,(usually as °ka; not to be confounded with appamatta2) A.III,275; J.I,242; also meaning “contented with little” (of the bhikkhu) It.103 = A.II,27; f. °ā trifle,smallness,însignificance D.I,91; DA.I,55. --mattaka small,insignificant,trifling,nt. a trifle (cp. °matta) Vin 1,213; II,177 (°vissajjaka the distributor of little things,cp. A.III,275 & Vin.IV,38,155); D.I,3 (= appamattā etassā ti appamattakaṁ DA.I,55); J.I,167; III,12 (= aṇu); PvA.262. --middha “little slothful”,i. e. diligent,alert Miln.412. --rajakkha having little or no obtuseness D.II,37; M.I,169; Sdhp.519. --ssaka having little of one’s own,possessing little A.I,261; II,203. --sattha having few or no companious,lonely,alone Dh.123. --sadda free from noise,quiet M.II,2,23,30; A.V,15; Sn.925 (= appanigghosa Nd1 377); Pug.35; Miln.371. --siddhika bringing little success or welfare,dangerous J.IV,4 (= mandasiddhi vināsabahula C.); VI,34 (samuddo a. bahu-antarāyiko). --ssuta possessing small knowledge,ignorant,uneducated D.I,93 (opp. bahussuta); III,252,282; S.IV,242; It.59; Dh.152; Pug.20,62; Dhs.1327. --harita having little or no grass S.I,169; Sn.p. 15 (= paritta-harita-tiṇa SnA 154). (Page 55)