masculine & neuter · mitta 1 · mitta 2
friend
a friend
Mitta (masculine neuter) [cf. Vedic mitra, masculine and neuter, friend; Avesta miϸro, friend] friend. Usually m., although neuter occurs in meaning "friend," in singular (Nett 164) and plural (Snp 185, 187); in meaning "friendship" at Ja VI 375 (= mittabhāva commentary). The half-scientific, half-popular etymology of mitta, as given at Vibh-a 108, is "mettāyantī ti mittā, minantī ti vā m.; sabba-guyhesu anto pakkhipantī ti attho" (the latter: "they enclose in all that is hidden"). — Two kinds of friends are distinguished at Nidd II §510 (in exegesis of Snp 37 and 75), viz. āgārika° (a house- or lay-friend) and anāgārika° (a homeless° or clerical friend). The former is possessed of all ordinary qualities of kindness and love, the latter of special virtues of mind and heart — A friend who acts as a sort of Mentor, or spiritual adviser, is called a kalyāṇa-mitta (see under kalyāṇa). — Mitta is often combined with similar terms, denoting relationship or friendship, e.g. with amaccā colleagues and ñāti-sālohita° blood-relations, in stereotype phrase at Vin II 126; A I 222; Snp page 104; Pv-a 28; cf. ñāti-mittā relatives and friends Pv I 5 9 ; suhada° ("dear heart") D III 187 (four types, cf. m. paṭirūpaka); °suhajja one who is dear to one's heart Pv-a 191; sahāya companion Pv-a 86. The neuter form occurs for kind things D III 188; S I 37. — Opposite sapatta enemy Pv-a 13; amitta a sham friend or enemy Snp 561 (= paccatthika Pj II 455); D III 185. pāpa-mitta bad friend Pv-a 5. — For references. see e.g. Snp 58, 255, 296, 338; Dhp 78, 375. -ābhirādhin one who pleases his friends Ja IV 274 (= mittesu adubbhamāno commentary) -ddu [cf. Sanskrit mitra-druha] one who injures or betrays his friends S I 225; Snp 244; Ja IV 260; also in the following forms: °dubbha Pv II 9 3 (same passage at Ja IV 352; V 240; VI 310, 375); °dūbha Ja IV 352; VI 310; °dūbhin [cf. Sanskrit °drohin] Ja IV 257; V 97 (°kamma); VI 375; Dhp-a II 23; -paṭirūpaka a false friend, one pretending to be a friend D III 185 (four types: añña-d-atthu-hara, vacī-parama, anuppiyabhāṇin, apāya-sahāya, i.e. one who takes anything, one who is a great talker, one who flatters, one who is a spendthrift companion.) -bandhava a relation in friendship, one who is one's relative as a friend Nidd II §455 (where Nidd I 11 has manta-bandhava); -bheda see mithu-bheda -vaṇṇa pretence of friendship, a sham friendship Pv IV 8 6 (= mitta-rūpa, m.-paṭirūpatā Pv-a 268).
【陽、中】 朋友。~ddu, ~dubbhi, ~dūbhī,【陽】 出賣朋友的人，叛逆的人。~patirūpaka,【形】 損友。~bheda,【陽】 絕交，斷絕友情，瓦解聯盟。~santhava,【陽】 結交朋友。
(masc, masc) friend friend Construction: √mitt + a
(nt, nt) friend Construction: √mitt + a