adjective · mudu 1 · mudu 2
soft
soft; mild; tender
Mudu (adjective) [Vedic mr̥du, from mr̥d: see maddati; cf. Latin mollis (from °mold°is); Greek ἀμαλδύνω to weaken, Cymr. blydd soft] soft, mild, weak, tender D II 17 = III 143 (+ taluṇa); A II 151 (pañcindriyāni mudūni, soft, blunt, weak: opposite tikkha); S II 268 (°taluṇa-hatthapādā); Snp 447 (= muduka Pj II 393); Thag 460 (= loving); Pv I 9 2 ; Vism 64; Pv-a 46, 230. Cf. mudutara S V 201. -indriya (mud°) weak, slow minded, of dull senses Ps II 179; Vism 87; -citta a tender heart Pv-a 54; -cittatā kind (soft) heartedness Dhp-a I 234; -piṭṭhika having a soft (i.e. pliable) back Vin III 35; -bhūta supple, malleable D I 76 (+ kammaniya); Pp 68; -maddava soft and tender (said of food taken by young women to preserve their good looks) As 403; -hadaya tender-hearted Dhp-a II 5.
(adj, adj, from modati) soft; mild soft, mild, tender Construction: √mud + u
(adj, adj, from modati) flexible; pliable; malleable; plastic [lit.] soft Construction: √mud + u
(adj, adj, from modati) (of mind) dull; slow; sluggish; stupid [lit.] soft Construction: √mud + u