adjective
Āgāḷha (adjective) (ā + gāḷha 1; cf. Sanskrit samāgāḍhaṃ] strong, hard, harsh, rough (of speech), usually in instrumental as adverb āgāḷhena roughly, harshly A I 283, 295; Pp 32 (so to be read for agāḷhena, although Pp-a 215 has a°, but explains by atigāḷhena vacanena); instrumental feminine āgāḷhāya Vin V 122 (ceteyya; Sp 1327 explains by daḷhabhāvāya). See also Nett 77 (āgāḷhā paṭipadā a rough path), 95 (the same.; v.l. agāḷhā).
strong, severe; harsh, hard
(pp, pp of ā √gāh) vicious; harsh; rough strong, rough Construction: ā + √gāh + ta > gāḍha > gāḷha