feminine
night
night
Ratti (feminine) [Vedic rātrī and later Sanskrit rātri. — Idg °lādh as in Greek λήθω = Latin lateo to hide; Sanskrit rāhu dark demon; also Greek Αητώ (= Latin Latona) Goddess of night; Mhg. luoder insidiousness; cf. further Greek λανθάνω to be hidden, λήθη oblivion (E. lethargy). — The by-form of ratti is ratta 2 ] night D I 47 (dosinā). genitive singular ratyā (for *rattiyā) Thag 517; Snp 710 (vivasane = ratti-samatikkame Pj II 496); Ja VI 491. ablative singular rattiyā in phrases abhikkantāya r. at the waning of night D II 220; Vin I 26; S I 16; M I 143; and pabhātāya r. when night grew light, i.e. dawn Ja I 81, 500. instrumental plural rattīsu Vin I 288 (hemantikāsu r.). A locative ratyā (for *rātryām) and a nominative plural ratyo (for °rātryaḥ) are given by Geiger, Pāli Grammar §58.3. — Very often combined with and opposed to diva in following combinations: rattin-diva [cf. BHS rātrindiva = Greek νυχθήμερον, Avś I 274, 278; II 176; Divy 124] a day and a night (something like our "24 hours"), in phrase dasa rattindivā a decade of n. and d. (i.e. a 10-day week) A V 85 f.; adverbially satta-rattin-divaṃ a week Dhp-a I 108. As adverb in accusative singular: rattin-divaṃ night and day A III 57; Snp 507, 1142; It 93; Ja I 30; or rattiñ ca divañ ca Nidd II §538, or rattiṃ opposed to adverb divā by night ... by day M I 143; Pv-a 43. — Other cases as adverb: accusative eka rattiṃ one night Ja I 62; Pv II 9 7 ; Pv-a 42; taṃ rattiṃ that night Mhv 4, 38; imaṃ r. this night M I 143; yañ ca r. ... yañ ca r. ... etasmiṃ antare in between yon night and yon night It 121; rattiṃ at night Miln 42; rattiṃ rattiṃ night after night Mhv 30, 16. — genitive rattiyā ca divasassa ca by n. and by day S II 95. — locative rattiyaṃ by night Vv-a 130, 315 (aḍḍha° at midnight); Pv-a 22; and ratto in phrase divā ca ratto ca Snp 223; Thig 312; Dhp 296; Vv 31 5 ; 84 32 ; S I 33. -khaya the wane of night Ja I 19; -cāra (sabba°) all-night wandering S I 201 (translated "festival"); -cheda interruption of the probationary period (technical term) Vin II 34 (three such: sahavāsa, vippavāsa, anārocanā); -dhūmāyanā smouldering at night Vism 107 (v.l. dhūp°), combined with divā-pajjalanā, cf. M I 143: ayaṃ vammīko rattiṃ dhūmāyati divā pajjalati; -pariyanta limitation of the probationary period (technical term) Vin II 59; -bhāga night-time Ja III 43 (°bhāge); Miln 18 (°bhāgena); -bhojana eating at night M I 473; Sv I 77; -samaya night-time, only in locative aḍḍha-ratti-samaye at midnight Vv-a 255; Pv-a 155.
【陰】 夜晚。~kkhaya,【陽】 夜盡（夜晚近尾梢，近破曉了）。~khitta,【形】 夜晚射擊。~bhāga,【陽】 夜晚時分。~bhojana,【中】 晚餐。
(fem, fem, irreg) night night