adjective · dīgha 1 · dīgha 3
long
long (in space or time)
Dīgha (adjective/noun) [Vedic dīrgha, cf. causative drāghayati to lengthen, °dlāgh as in Greek δολιχός (shaft), ἐνδελεχής (lasting etc.; cf. English entelechy); Latin indulges; Gothic tulgus (enduring)] 1. (adjective) long D I 17; M I 429; S I 104 (°ṃ addhānaṃ); Snp 146, 633 (opposite rassa); Dhp 60, 409; Pv I 10 11 (°ṃ antaraṃ all the time); II 9 55 (the same); Thag 646 (°m-antare); Dhs 617; Pj I 245; Pv-a 27, 28, 33, 46. See definition at Vism 272. — dīghato lengthways Ja VI 185; dīghaso in length Vin IV 279; atidīgha too long Vin IV 7, 8. 2. (masculine) a snake (cf. Mvu II 45 dīrghaka) Ja I 324; II 145; IV 330. 3. Name of the Dīgha-Nikāya ("the long collection") Vism 96. -aṅgulin having long fingers (the 4th of the marks of a Mahāpurisa) D II 17; III 143, 150; -antara corridor Ja VI 349; -āyu long-lived (opposite appāyu) D I 18; Ja V 71. Also as °ka D III 150; Sv I 135; Saddh 511; °āvu = °āyu in the meaning of āyasmant (q.v.) Ja V 120; -jāti (feminine) a being of the snake kind, a snake Dhp-a III 322; also as °ka at Ja II 145; III 250; IV 333; V 449; Sv I 252; -dasa having long fringes D I 7; -dassin [Sanskrit dīrghadarśin] far-seeing (= sabba-dassāvin) Pv-a 196; -nāsika having a long nose Vism 283; -bhāṇaka a repeater or expounder of the Dīgha-Nikāya Ja I 59; Vism 36, 266, 286; Sv I 15, 131; -rattaṃ (adverb) [Sanskrit dīrgharātraṃ, see Indexes to Avś; Divy and Lal; otherwise dīrgha-kālaṃ] a long time D I 17, 206; A V 194; Snp 649; It 8; Ja I 12, 72; Pv I 4 4 ; II 13 11 (°rattāya = °rattaṃ Pv-a 165); Pp 15; Dhp-a IV 24; -loma long-haired Vin III 129; also as °ka at Ja I 484, feminine °ikā S II 228; -sotthiya (neuter) long welfare or prosperity Dhp-a II 227.
【形】 長的。~aṅgulī,【形】 長指的（有長手指的）。~jātika,【陽】 蛇類的衆生。~tā,【陰】 ~tta,【中】 長度。~dassi,【形】 有遠見的。~nikāya,【陽】《長部》（佛教經典）。~bhāṇaka,【陽】 重復說或解 釋《長部》的人。~rattaṃ,【副】 長久地。~lomaka,【形】 有長毛的。~sottiya,【中】 長眠，偷懶。
(adj, adj) long (in space or time); tall; deep long
(masc, masc) (gram) long vowel; metrically more than one measure long
(masc, masc) name of a daemon