musāvāda
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Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Etymology[edit]
musā (“lying”) + vāda (“speech”)
Noun[edit]
musāvāda m
- telling lies
- c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
- Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
- I observe the precept of abstaining from speaking untruthfully.
- c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
- 8. Sapathañ ca maṃ kāresi paribhāsāpayi ca maṃ
sāhaṃ ɡhorañ ca sapathaṃ musāvādaṃ abhāsissaṃ.- 8. She both made me swear an oath and had me reviled. And I myself told a lie under that terrible oath.
Declension[edit]
Declension table of "musāvāda" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | musāvādo | musāvādā |
| Accusative (second) | musāvādaṃ | musāvāde |
| Instrumental (third) | musāvādena | musāvādehi or musāvādebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | musāvādassa or musāvādāya or musāvādatthaṃ | musāvādānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | musāvādasmā or musāvādamhā or musāvādā | musāvādehi or musāvādebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | musāvādassa | musāvādānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | musāvādasmiṃ or musāvādamhi or musāvāde | musāvādesu |
| Vocative (calling) | musāvāda | musāvādā |
Descendants[edit]
- → Burmese: မုသား (mu.sa:, “lying”)