adjective & neuter · appa 1 · appa 2
little
Appa (adjective) [Vedic alpa, cf. Greek ἀλαπάζω (λαπάζω) to empty (to make little), ἀλαπαδνός weak; Lithuanian alpnas weak, alpstś to faint] small, little, insignificant, often in the sense of "very little = (next to) nothing" (so in most compounds); thus explained at Vv-a 334 as equivalent to a negative particle (see appodaka) D I 61 (opposite mahant, Sv I 170 = parittaka); Snp 713, 775, 805, 896 (= appaka, omaka, thoka, lāmaka, jatukka, parittaka Nidd I 306); Dhp 174; Ja I 262; Pp 39. — neuter appaṃ a little, a small portion, a trifle; plural appāni small things, trifles A II 26 = It 102; A II 138; Dhp 20 (= thokaṃ eka-vagga-dvi-vagga-mattam pi Dhp-a I 158), 224 (°smiṃ yācito asked for little), 259. -aggha of little value (opposite mahaggha priceless) Ja I 9; Pp 33; Dhp-a IV 184; -assāda [BHS alpasvāda, cf. Divy 224 = Dhp 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 = Nidd II §71; Snp 61; Dhp {56} 186 (= supina-sadisatāya paritta-sukha Dhp-a III 240); Thig 358 (= Thig-a 244); Ja II 313; Vism 124; -ātaṅka little (or no) illness, freedom from illness, good health (= appābādha with which often combined.) [BHS alpātaṅka and 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 f., 103, 153; Pv IV 1 44 ; °ābādhatā the same [cf. BHS alpābādhatā good health] A I 38; -āyuka short lived D I 18; Pv-a 103, also as °āyukin Vv 41 6 ; -āhāra taking little or no food, fasting M II 5; Snp 165 (= ekāsana-bhojitāya ca parimita-bhojitāya ca Pj II 207), also as °āhāratā M I 245; II 5; -odaka having little or no water, dry Snp 777 (macche va appodake khīṇasote = parittodake Nidd I 50); Vv 84 3 (+ appabhakkha; explained at Vv-a 334 as "appa-saddo h'ettha abhāvattho appiccho appanigghoso ti ādisu viya"); Ja I 70; Dhp-a IV 12; -kasira in instrumental °kasirena with little or no difficulty D I 251; S V 51; Thag 16; -kicca having few duties, free from obligations, free from care Snp 144 (= appaṃ kiccaṃ assā ti Pj I 241); -gandha not smelling or having a bad smell Miln 252 (opposite 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 Snp 1134 (see Nidd II §69; explained by paritta-pañña Pj II 605); -nigghosa with {50} little sound, quiet, still, soundless (cf. Vv-a 334, as quoted above under °odaka) A V 15 (+ appasadda); Snp 338; Nidd I 377; Miln 371. °pañña, of little wisdom Ja II 166; III 223, 263; -puñña of little merit M II 5; -puññatā having little merit, unworthiness Pv IV 10 7 ; -phalatā bringing little fruit Pv-a 139; -bhakkha having little or nothing to eat Vv 84 3 ; -bhoga having little wealth, i.e. poor, indigent Snp 114 (= sannicitānaṃ ca bhogānaṃ āyamukhassa ca abhāvato Pj II 173); -maññati to consider as small, to underrate: see separately; -matta little, slight, mean, (usually as °ka; not to be confused with appamatta 2 ) A III 275; Ja I 242; also meaning "contented with little" (of the bhikkhu) It 103 = A II 27; feminine °ā trifle, smallness, insignificance D I 91; Sv I 55; -mattaka small, insignificant, trifling, neuter a trifle (cf. °matta) Vin I 213; II 177 (°vissajjaka the distributor of little things, cf. A III 275 and Vin IV 38, 155); D I 3 (= appamattā etassā ti appamattakaṃ Sv I 55); Ja I 167; III 12 (= aṇu); Pv-a 262; -middha "little slothful", i.e. diligent, alert Miln 412; -rajakkha having little or no obtuseness D II 37; M I 169; Saddh 519; -ssaka having little of one's own, possessing little A I 261; II 203; -sattha having few or no companious, lonely, alone Dhp 123; -sadda free from noise, quiet M II 2, 23, 30; A V 15; Snp 925 (= appanigghosa Nidd I 377); Pp 35; Miln 371; -siddhika bringing little success or welfare, dangerous Ja IV 4 (= mandasiddhi vināsabahula commentary); VI 34 (samuddo a. bahu-antarāyiko); -ssuta possessing small knowledge, ignorant, uneducated D I 93 (opposite bahussuta); III 252, 282; S IV 242; It 59; Dhp 152; Pp 20, 62; Dhs 1327; -harita having little or no grass S I 169; Snp 15 (= paritta-harita-tiṇa Pj II 154).
(adjective) small, little; trifling; few; rare; iic: very little, next to nothing (almost equivalent to a negative); (neuter) a little, a small amount; a trifling thing
(adj, adj) few; not many; not much little
(adj, adj) short; small; insignificant small, insignificant
(nt, nt) small amount; little little